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were 30 instances of unsatisfactory sanitary accommodation,
these being unsuitable or defective in 23 cases, insufficient in six,
while in one there was no separate provision made for the sexes.
12 other nuisances were detected.
By section 107 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in the
case of persons employed in such classes of work as may be specified
by special order of the Secretary of State, the occupier of every
factory and workshop and every contractor employed by such
occupier in the business of the factory or workshop shall keep a
list of the persons directly employed by him outside the factory
or workshop and the places where they are occupied; and shall
send on or before the first day of February and the first day of
August in each year copies of those lists to the district council of
the district in which the factory or workshop is situate. Every
district council shall furnish the name and place of employment of
every outworker whose employment is outside this district to the
council of the district in which the place of employment is.
Further sections of the Act prohibit the employment of outworkers
in unwholesome premises, and prohibit homework being given out
to the occupant of a house where there is a case of infectious disease.
A notice of 74 addresses was received from other councils and
11 addresses were forwarded to other councils. 60 of the local
outworkers were engaged in the making of wearing apparel, while
a further 12 were leather dressers. 65 visits of inspection were
made to outworkers' premises, in none of which were unwholesome
conditions found to exist.
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