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3.—HOME WORK.
The number of persons in the district employed by
others but working at home, is not large. During the year
lists of such workers were received from employers engaged in
brushmaking, electro-plating and the making of wearing
apparel. Tailors and dressmakers employ most of the home
workers.
The premises occupied by the workers were frequently
inspected and their sanitary condition was generally found to
be satisfactory, but of necessity, work is often done in
small rooms, sometimes quite unsuited for the purpose and
frequently used also as the common living-room for the rest
of the family, and the making of clothes in such places must
be a likely means for the spread of infection. It would be a
great advantage if all employers could provide workshops on
their own premises, and home work, particularly by those
employed in tailoring or dressmaking, done away with.
No outworkers premises were found to be in a state
requiring the serving of any notice, and no prosecutions had
to be undertaken.
4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the
year.
Number.
Bakehouses (Retail)
20
Laundries (non-faotory)
23
Workshops and Workplaces
96
Total number of workshops on Register
139