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visits without inspections, the outworkers having left the premises
(76), or having given up home work (63), or being out at the time
of visit (149), or owing to a wrong address being given (41), or
the premises being workshops or factories (17), or the outworkers
having died (6).
Miss Portlock also discovered 5 new workshops and handed
in their addresses for registration. During her visits of inspection
she found 256 premises with sanitary defects. For the
abatement of these she served 232 intimation, and 21 final notices.
Of the 857 premises inspected, in only 23 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 45
„ „ and living room 18
„ „ „ kitchen 82
,, and kitchen 603
„ „ bedroom 57
„ ,, parlour 28
,, ,, scullery 1
„ provided separately 23
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INSPECTION OF FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES.
The food premises of the Borough are kept under observation
both as to their sanitary condition and cleanliness and the
condition and soundness of the food stored, sold or prepared for
sale by two Sanitary Inspectors, who visit the butchers, slaughterhouses,
markets, dairies, etc., and generally by the District
Sanitary Inspectors.