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Coating paper 1
Furriers 2
Fibre works 1
Feather curling, &c. 1
Bottling and packing inks, &c. 1
Cornchandlcrs 1
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Homework.—The District Council, under section 107-110
is given important powers for controlling the conditions under
which certain classes of work as specified from time to time
by the Secretary of State, are done in the homes of the workers,
and the Act further provides that employers shall notify twice
yearly the Local Authority of the district from which they give
out work, the names and addresses of all persons doing work
of specified trades in their homes. Some employers are very
dilatory in sending their lists, and notices have to be sent reminding
them of their obligation. Other employers are not sufficiently
careful in revising their lists, and names of outworkers who
have given up or removed from the address supplied are sent
in without correction year after year, thus causing a lot of unnecessary
work.
488 outworkers were notified by other Councils and we
forwarded 141 addresses to them. It is frequently found that
the worker is employed by more than one firm, and the name is
notified two or three times, but in the figures given only the
actual addresses are counted.
60 enquiries were made at shops and other places to ascertain
whether workpeople are employed, and such enquiries have led to