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SANITARY DEFECTS IN FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS NOTIFIED
IN 1912 BY H.M. INSPECTOR OF FACTORIES.
Complaints were received from H.M. Inspector in respect of 28 matters which were
all disposed of before the end of the year or early in the year 1914.
As previously mentioned, when dirty conditions or want of ventilation, &c., in
Factories are observed, H.M. Inspector is at once notified of the fact—any necessary
work being carried out under his immediate supervision.
OUTWORKERS AND "HOME" WORKERS.
The provisions of the Act relating to Outworkers were carried out as heretofore, and
the lists of the names and addresses of 'Outworkers receiving work from the City
firms were duly received without the necessity of legal proceedings.
Employers of Outworkers in the City of London were for the first time in July
last provided with a copy of the "prescribed" form which is required to be used in
connection with the transmission of the names and addresses, &c.
This was accompanied by a covering letter directing the attention of such employers
to their obligations in respect of Outworkers.
Considerable difficulty has been experienced in the past in getting firms to transmit
these lists with regularity. In the majority of cases it was due to oversight and perhaps
also the trouble which was involved in obtaining copies of the prescribed form. The
letter acts as a reminder and the supply of the form saves trouble, so that now very
little excuse is available for failure to notify the Sanitary Authority with promptitude.
As a matter of fact the assistance of the Corporation in this respect has been appreciated
and has resulted in greater uniformity being observed as regards the particulars supplied,
and in considerably less delay in transmitting the particulars, a matter of no small
importance when it is remembered that during the year over 16,000 names and certain
other details have been transmitted to a large number of Authorities not only in
the districts surrounding London but as far off as the North of England.
The following is a copy of the covering letter, &c., before mentioned:—
Corporation of London.
Public Health Department,
Guildhall, E.C.,
28th July, 1913.
RE—OUTWORKERS.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT. 1901.
Sir,
I beg to direct your attention to the requirements of Section 107 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901. In accordance with this Section, it is necessary for Firms employing
Outworkers in certain specified Trades, to forward to the City Corporation on February 1st and
August 1st in each year, a List of such Outworkers. Lists should be prepared in the form
and manner prescribed by the Act.