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38.
HOME WORK.
During the year 59 lists of outworkers were received from employers
in the Borough, 31 in the first half-year due in February, and 28 in the
second half-year due in August. These lists contained the names of
1,354 outworkers, of whom 1,162 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 381 outworkers living in Shoreditch and employed by firms
outside the Borough. The total number of out-workers reported was
therefore 1,735.
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 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 39 and 40
show the distribution of out-workers as regards trades.
During the year 87 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.