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During the year Miss Portlock, the Inspector appointed for
the inspection of Outworkers' premises, made 1,132 inspections, and
665 re-inspections. She also made 867 visits without inspection, the
outworkers having left the premises (169), or having given up homo
work (97), or being out at the time of visit (402), or owing to a
wrong address being given (91), or the premises being workshops or
factories (92), or the outworkers having died (16).
Miss Portlock also discovered 13 new workshops and handed in
their addresses for registration. During her visits of inspection she
found 328 premises with sanitary defects. For the abatement of
these she served 227 intimation notices. Of the 1,132 premises
inspected, in only 93 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, kitclien and living rooms 56
,, ,, and living room 23
,, ,, ,, kitchen 15
,, and kitchen 772
,, ,, bedroom 82
,, ,, parlour 75
,, ,, scullery 10
,, ,, bathroom 2
,, ,, shop 4
,, provided separately 93
1,132