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29.
HOME WORK.
During the year 64 lists of outworkers were received from
employers in the Borough, 30 in the first half year due in February,
and 34 in the seoond half year due in August. These lists
contained the names of 1,497 outworkers, of whom 1,183 were not
resident in Shoreditch. The addresses of those non-resident were
forwarded to the Sanitary Authorities of the districts to which they
belonged.
Lists were also received from 16 other Local Authorities
containing the names of 336 outworkers living in Shoreditch and
employed by firms outside the Borough. The total number of outworkers
reported was therefore 1,833.
As has been pointed out in previous reports, in numerous
instances names and addresses of outworkers are duplicated owing
to lists being sent in twice a year, and in some cases outworkers
are employed by moire than one firm, so that the numbers given must;
not be taken as representing actual numbers of individual workers.
The tables on pages 30 and 31 show the distribution of outworkers
as regards trades.
During the year 742 visits of inspection were made to places
where home work was being carried on, but no defect necessitating
the service of a sanitary notice was found.