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(a) Outworkers
Number of outworkers in Shoreditch 233
Number of basic routine inspections made 138
56 Lists of outworkers were received from employers in the Borough.
718 persons of whom 577 were not resident in Shoreditch were included in these
lists
279 outworkers living in Shoreditch but working for firms outside the Borough
were notified by 18 Local Authorities.
Again one must refer to the Vast amount of what one considers to be
unnecessary administrative work thrust upon the local authority Public Health
Departments in respect of outworkers, One must again repeat, that if an
obligation were placed on the firms responsible for supplying local authorities
with lists of outworkers to notify the several authorities in which their
outworkers reside, it would be to everyone' s advantage, and very much reduce
the work of the clerical staff of local authorities.

(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 1964 was
108 and during the year 7 licences were issued in respect of premises where
rag flock is manufactured or stored.
(i) Number of basic routine visits made 56
(ii) Number of re-inspections made 4
(iii) Total number of inspections 60
All samples complied with prescribed standards.
HAIRDRESSING ESTABLISHMENTS
(London County Council (General Powers) Act 1954)
Total number of hairdressing establishments 58
Number of basic routine inspections 121
Number of re¬inspections 41
Total number of inspections 162
Number of Notices
Hairdressing establishments in the Borough are kept extremely busy
(no doubt due to the great increase in daytime population) and therefore the
inspection of these premises is carried out. most assiduously.