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Altogether 153 lists were received; 136 of these were received
from occupiers in the district, and 17 from other Councils. In 13
instances the place of employment was in another district, and the
names and addresses were forwarded to the Council, in whose district
the premises were situated. One hundred and forty of the lists referred
to premises situated within the district, and these lists contained
the addresses of 282 outworkers' premises.
On the Table supplied by the Home Office will be found a list
of the different kinds of homework carried on in the district, and it
will be observed that 248 out of the 282 outworkers were engaged in
the making, cleaning or washing of wearing apparel. In this class of
work the Council may, if a case of infectious disease has occurred in
a house where homework is done, prohibit an employer or contractor
from giving out such work to any person living or working in the
house during such time us the Council may fix. Four cases of Infectious
Disease occurred in houses where home work was done, and
although the Council made no order under Section no of the Act, the
employers did not send work to the house until the patient had been
removed to Hospital and the premises disinfected.
In bringing this review of the year's work to a close, I beg to
thank not only the other officials of the Health Department, but also
of the ouier Departments, for their kindly assistance and co-operation.
I remain,
Your obedient servant,
D. J. THOMAS.