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The average number of visits paid to verminous and
dirty homes per week is 20. This does not include
re-visits which average about 40. There are fresh
addresses to be traced, and many visits paid where
there is wilful evasion of inspection until a compulsory
letter is sent. It will thus be seen that
this branch of work alone is almost sufficient for
one inspector. More re-visits ought to be paid
which it is impossible to find time for.
It will be noted that out of a total of 1,152 homeworkers'
addresses sent in by employers only 405 inspections
were made. Most of the lists are sent in twice
yearly; they differ very slightly, numbers of the
same names and addresses appearing in each list.
A number of addresses sent are those of workshops
on the register. These are inspected and included
in the number of workshop inspections. The
majority of outworkers are tennis and racket ball
workers. The necessity for extreme care and cleanliness
in this class of work demands that the workers
should be selected with every possible discrimination
by the employer. It is found with few
exceptions that the houses where the ball work is
done are kept scrupulously clean and tidy, and it is
quite unnecessary to pay repeated inspections except
at distant intervals.
52. The following is Miss FitzGerald's report:—
Summary of Inspections.
Visits to houses after notifications of births 1307
Re-visits 261