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It may also be added that in 9 instances nuisances owing to Hooding with
sewage had to be dealt with, and in 2 cases overcrowding.
In 46 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 17, and in
connection with them some 17 sanitary notices were served. The works carried
out to comply with these notices included the construction, reconstruction or repair
of drains in 2 instances, the disconnection of stack pipes in 2, of sink waste pipes
in 5, the repair of water closets in 10, of the flushing apparatus in 4, the removal
of obstructions from water-closets in 3, the construction of new water-closets in 4,
and new urinals in 4 instances, besides a number of other items connected with
cleansing and repairing. In 1 instance flooding with sewage required dealing
with. 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 110 lists of out-workers were received from employers in the
Borough, 57 in the first and 53 in the second half-year. Those for the first halfyear
are due in February, for the second in August. These lists contained the
names of 1,602 out-workers, of whom 1,170 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 2,330 out-workers, and of these 59 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
out-workers received from the sanitary authorities referred to during 1913.
The number of out-workers brought to our notice during 1913 was 3,932, as
compared with 4,251 in 1912, 4,325 in 1911, 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 1913, some 2,703 were
residents in Shoreditch, as compared with 2,837 in 1912, 2,977 in 1911, 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 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