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22 SANITARY CHRONICLES, 1898.
reply received giving every facility. On Mr. Phillips
inspecting the materials at the Home Office they were
found of but little use, mainly owing to the frequent
changes of address of the workers. A list correct in
March would be incorrect in three months afterwards.
There was, therefore, no course left but to
apply direct to the various employers of labour; this
is being done. So far the greater mass of outworkers
live outside the district, and there; seems to be a
constant tendency for the classi of workers engaged
in the tailoring and dressmaking trades to migrate
from Marylebone into other districts where cheaper
rents prevail. There is indeed little doubt but that
unfurnished rooms, which could be formerly got for
from 3s. to 4s. a room, are diminishing yearly. Persons
who cannot afford to pay 10s. a week rent are
obliged to go farther afield. The addresses of the
outworkers who work in the parish but live outside
have, been communicated to the sanitary authorities'
of their respective districts. Similarly, the adjoining
,sanitary authorities reciprocate such information.
Bakehouses.
The bakehouses in the parish are diminishing in
number. The number on the register at present is
but 105.