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39.
HOME WORK.
During the year 58 lists of outworkers were received from employers
in the Borough, 29 in the first half-year due in Februaiy, and 29 in the
second half-year due in August. These lists contained the names of
837 outworkers, of whom 656 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 15 other Local Authorities containing
the names of 361 outworkers living in Shoreditch and employed by firms
outside the Borough. The total number of out-workers reported was
therefore 1,198.
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 more
than one firm, so that the numbers given irrust not be taken as representing
actual numbers of individual workers. The tables on pages 40 and 41
show the distribution of outworkers as regards trades.
During the year 239 visits of inspection isere made to places where
home work was being carried on, but no defect necessitating the service
of a sanitary notice was found.