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HOME WORK DONE BY OUTWORKERS
In certain industries specified in the Home Work Orders made by the Home Secretary, if
work is given out by employers or contractors to be done in private houses, the workers are known
as Outworkers and the premises in which they work are subject to inspection by the sanitary
inspectors of the Borough Council. In Fulham this duty is carried out by the woman sanitary
inspector. The object of the inspections is to prevent such work being done in unwholesome
premises or in houses in which infectious diseases are present.
The following table gives the number of Outworkers' premises in the Borough, the nature
of the work carried on and the classification of the Outworkers' premises into factories, workshops
and workplaces:—
Nature of work.
Nature of Premises.
Total.
Factories.
Workshops.
Workplaces.
Wearing apparel
3
12
37
52
Bootmaking
1
—
29
30
Miscellaneous
1
1
19
21
Totals
5
13
85
103
OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES
Nature of work.
Instances.
Notices served.
Prosecutions.
Bootmaking
6
4
-
Wearing apparel
8
5
-
Total
14
9
-
TOTAL INSPECTIONS
Male
Inspectors.
Woman
Inspector.
Total.
Factories
504
75
579
Workshops
53
80
133
Workplaces
86
106
192
Outworkers' premises
—
192
192
Totals
643
453
1,096