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31.
HOME WORK.
During the year 64 lists of outworkers were received from
employers in the Borough, 32 in the first half-year due in
February, and 32 in the second half-year due in August. These
lists contained the names of 1,526 outworkers, of whom 1,147
were not resident in Shoreditch. The addresses of those nonresident
were forwarded to the Sanitary Authorities of the
'districts to which they belonged.
Lists were also received from 18 other Local Authorities
containing the names of 381 outworkers living in Shoreditch
and employed by firms outside the Borough. The total number
of out-workers reported was therefore 1,907.
As has been pointed out in previous reports, in numerous
instances names and addresses of outworkers are duplicated
owing to lists being sent in twioe a year, and in some cases
out-workers are employed by more than one firm, so that the
numbers given must not be taken as representing actual numbers
of individual workers. The tables on pages 32 and 33 show
the distribution of out-workers as regards trades.
During the year 302 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.