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authorities concerned in 2,320 cases. On examination of the lists of
outworkers sent in by employers in this Borough, addresses of 1,528
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 1929 Miss Portlock, the Inspector appointed for
the inspection of Outworkers' premises, made 1,056 inspections, and
619 re-inspections. She also made 458 visits without inspection, the
outworkers having left the premises (139), or having given up home
work (124), or being out at the time of visit (91), or owing to a
wrong address being given (51), or the premises being workshops or
factories (43), or the outworkers having died (10).
Miss Portlock also discovered 3 new workshops and handed in
their addresses for registration. During her visits of inspection she
found 284 premises with sanitary defects. For the abatement of these
she served 242 intimation notices. Of the 1,056 premises inspected,
in only 62 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 53
„ ,, and living room 18
„ „ „ kitchen 25
„ and kitchen 768
„ ,, bedroom 78
„ „ parlour 46
„ „ scullery 5
„ landing 1
„ provided separately 62
1,056
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. Mr. Peverett has not been able to devote