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outworkers sent in by employers in this Borough, addresses of
1,680 were found to be in other districts, and these names and
addresses were forwarded to the local authorities of the respective
districts.
During the year 1924, Miss Portlock, the Inspector appointed
for the inspection of Outworkers' premises, made 1,228
inspections and 983 re-inspections. She also made 320 visits,
without inspections, the outworkers having left the premises (84),
or having given up home work (110), or being out at the time
of visit (89), or owing to a wrong address being given (19), or
the premises being workshops (8), or the outworkers having
died (10).
Miss Portlock also discovered 2 new workshops and handed
in their addresses for registration. During her visits of inspection
she found 336 premises with sanitary defects. For the
abatement of these she served 226 intimation, and 32 final notices.
Of the 1,228 premises inspected, in only 6 was a room set apart
entirely for the work. In the remainder, work was carried on
in rooms used for other purposes as under:—
Workroom, bedroom, kitchen and living rooms 81
„ ,, and living room 65
„ „ kitchen 401
,, and kitchen 618
,, ,, bedroom 49
„ „ parlour 2
„ „ scullery 5
,, ,, bath room 1
,, provided separately 6
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