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of the names and addresses of all persons employed by them as outworkers
during the preceding six months. Where the outworker resides in another
area, the Council is required to forward details to the local authority
for that area. It is an offence to fail to submit lists of outworkers
or to give out work to be done in a place which is considered to be injurious
to the health of the persons employed therein. No such contraventions
were discovered during the year.
There are 440 premises on the Register, 22 less than last year.
Number of firms in the Borough employing outworkers 88
11 „ outworkers residing in, and employed by
firms in, the Borough 184
„ „ outworkers residing outside, and employed
by firms in, the Borough 425
„ „ outworkers residing in, and employed by
firms outside, the Borough 256
Offensive Businesses
There are 19 offensive businesses in the Borough. The Register
comprises the following premises:-
Dresser of Furskins (l); 34/38, Brodlove Lane
Poultry Slaughterhouses (18): 75, Hessel Street
19, Bell Lane* 7, Leyden Street*
28, Burslem Street 10b, Leyden Street*
161, Cannon Street Road 13, Leyden Street
163, Cannon Street Road* 15, Leyden Street
16/18, Cobb Street 7, Lower Hessel Street*
14, Hessel Street* 4, Monthope Street*
21/24, Hessel Street* 10a, Monthope Street
36, Hessel Street 82, Stepney Way
(* Establishment Orders on these premises are subject to renewal from
time to time.)
The premises were inspected on 77 occasions and nine notices served
relating to contraventions of the Byelaws.
Offices. Shoos and Railway Premises Act. 1963
This Act, which received the Royal Assent on 31st July, makes
provision for securing the health, safety and welfare of persons
employed in offices, shops and certain railway premises. When the Act
comes into operation, those sections of the Shops Act 1950 dealing with
arrangements for the health and comfort of shop workers will be repealed.
Enforcement duties under the Act are imposed upon local authorities in
respect of the majority of the provisions, upon fire authorities for the
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