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Names and addresses of outworkers residing in Hackney and
receiving work from other districts were forwarded by the local
authorities concerned in 2,345 cases. On examination of the lists of
out-workers sent in by employers in this Borough, addresses of 1,410
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 1927, Miss Portlock, the Inspector appointed for
the inspection of Outworkers' premises, made 980 inspections, and 809
re-inspections. She also made 364 visits without inspections, the outworkers
having left the premises (95), or having given up home work
(66), or being out at the time of visit (125), or owing to a wrong
address being given (47), or the premises being workshops or factories
(22), or the outworkers having died (9).
Miss Portlock also discovered 5 new workshops and handed in
their addresses for registration. During her visits of inspection she
found 287 premises with sanitary defects. For the abatement of these
she served 217 intimation, and 4 final notices. Of the 980 premises
inspected, in only 28 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 51
„ „ and living room 22
„ „ „ kitchen 46
„ and kitchen 751
„ „ bedroom 48
„ „ parlour 31
„ „ scullery 3
„ provided separately 28
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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, slaughter-houses, markets,
dairies, etc., and generally by the District Sanitary Inspectors. The
registration of street traders and the increasing amount of work in
connection with plans and supervision of drainage work, also in
connection with the preparation of registers of various food traders,
etc., necessitated the special services of Mr. Peverett, whose assistance
in these and other matters has been of the greatest value to the
Public Health Committee.