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30.
FACTORIES (contd.).
(a) Outworkers.
Number of Outworkers in Shoreditch 301
Number of basic routine inspections required 602
Number of basic routine inspections made 138
68 lists of outworkers were received from employers in the Borough.
1053 persons of whom 818 were not resident in Shoreditch were included in
these lists.
3O5 outworkers living in Shoreditch but working for firms outside the
Borough were notified by 14 Local Authorities.
When one considers that of 1053 outworkers notified from firms in Shoreditch
818 of these reside in other districts and the amount of work thrust upon the
Department in dissecting these lists and notifying the several Districts where
the outworkers live, it would appear that were an obligation placed on the firms
responsible for supplying Local Authorities with these lists to notify the
several Local Authorities in which their outworkers reside and carry out the
work, Local Authorities would be relieved of what would appear to be a great
deal of unnecessary work.
138 Inspections revealed no defects necessitating the service of Sanitary Notices.
Part VIII of the Act.
Outworkers
Nature
of
work
Section 110
Section 111
No. of
outworkers
in August
list
required
by Section
110(1)(c)
No.of.
cases of
default
in semling
lists to
Council.
No. of
prosecutions
for
failure
to supply
lists.
No. of
instances
of work in
unwholesome
premises
Notices
served.
Prosecutions
Wearing apparel
(making,etc.)
339
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Upholstery
5
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Artificial
f1owers
22
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Paper bags,etc.
5
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Making of boxes
45
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Brush making
7
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Carding of buttons
74
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Christmas crackers
16
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Leather goods
28
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Total
541
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(b) Rag Flock premises:
Under the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 1951, the number of
registered premises where filling materials were used at the end of 1960 was 117,
and during the year 11 licences were issued in respect of premises where rag
flock is manufactured or stored.
(i) Number of basic routine visits required 256
(ii) Number of basic routine visits made 143
(iii) Number of re-inspections made 23
(iv) Total number of inspections 166
(v) Number of samples of filling materials (a) to be taken 15
(b) taken 14
All samples complied with prescribed standards.