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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 2,314 cases. On examination of the lists of
outworkers 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 1928, Miss Portlock, the Inspector appointed for
the inspection of Outworkers' premises, made 971 inspections, and 695
re-inspections. She also made 510 visits without inspection, the outworkers
having left the premises (124), or having given up home work
(75), or being out at the time of visit (171), or owing to a wrong
address being given (57), or the premises being workshops or factories
(76), or the outworkers having died (7).
Miss Portlock also discovered 7 new workshops and handed in
their addresses for registration. During her visits of inspection she
found 290 premises with sanitary defects. For the abatement of these
she served 234 intimation, 10 final and 3 statutory notices. Of the
971 premises inspected, in only 58 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 47
„ „ and living room 27
,, „ ,, kitchen 36
„ and kitchen 686
,, „ bedroom 61
„ „ parlour 53
„ „ scullery 2
,, „ bathroom 1
„ provided separately 58
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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