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Water-closets cleansed and limeStairs 11
washed 132 Doors „ 14
Obstructions removed from Sashes ,, 12
watcr-closets 36 Dust receptacles provided 10
Urinals repaired and cleaned 8 Foul accumulations removed 11
Ventillation improved 6
It may also be added that in 22 instances nuisances owing to flooding with
sewage had to be dealt with, and in 7 cases overcrowding.
In 20 instances statutory notices were served under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, by order of the Health Committee, but the necessity for police court
proceedings did not arise.
The number of factories under observation during the year was 31, and in
connection with them some 25 sanitary notices were served. The works carried out
to comply with these notices included the construction, reconstruction or repair
of drains in 6 instances, the disconnection of stackpipes in 2, of sink waste pipes
in 4, the repair of water-closets in 7, of the flushing apparatus in 14, the removal
of obstructions from water-closets in 8, the construction of new water-closets in
2 instances, besides a number of other items connected with cleansing and repairing.
Limewashing of factories in accordance with the requirements of the Factory and
Workshop Act is a matter with which the Factory Inspectors deal. Defects in connection
with the sanitary arrangements in factories come within the province of
the Sanitary Authority.
During the year 104 lists of out-workers were received from employers in the
Borough, 52 in the first and 52 in the second half-year. Those for the first half-year
are due in February for the second in August. These lists contained the names of
1,570 out-workers, of whom 1,069 were not residents in Shoreditch. The addresses
of those non-resident were forwarded to the sanitary authorities of the districts to
which they belonged. Communications were received from various sanitary
authorities relating to some 2,755 out-workers, and of these 279 were residents in
other Boroughs and their addresses were duly forwarded to the authorities concerned.
A table is given in the appendix showing the numbers of addresses of outworkers
received from the sanitary authorities referred to during 1911.
The number of out-workers brought to our notice during 1911 was 4,325, as
compared with 4,785 in 1910, 4,781 in 1909, 4,185 in 1908, 4,578 in 1907, and 2,975
in 1906. Of the number for 1911, some 2,977 were residents in Shoreditch, as compared
with 3,333 in 1910, 3,401 in 1909, 2,985 in 1908, 3,431 in 1907, and 2,259 in 1906.
As pointed out in previous reports it should be noted that in numerous instances
names and addresses of out-workers are duplicated owing to lists being sent in twice
a year, and in some cases the same out-workers are employed by more than one
firm, so that the numbers given above must not be taken as representing the actual