| Other workers | 54 | 52 | 106 | 2 | | in paper, | | | | | | etc. | | | | | +----------------+------------+------------+--------+-----------+ | Printers | 73 | 46 | 119 | 2 | | [? folders] | | | | | +----------------+------------+------------+--------+-----------+ | Lithographers, | 18 | 12 | 30 | 0 | | copper | | | | | | and steel | | | | | | plate | | | | | | printers | | | | | +----------------+------------+------------+--------+-----------+ | Bookbinders | 129 | 145 | 274 | 9 | +----------------+------------+------------+--------+-----------+ | Typecutter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +----------------+------------+------------+--------+-----------+ (a) Paper box making was not investigated. It is always difficult to trace out the home worker, and the information we obtained was collected through communication with School Board officers, Charity Organisation Society secretaries, district nurses, sanitary inspectors, and workpeople. The groups of trades investigated are mainly factory and workshop trades, and are becoming more so. Home work is not so prevalent in them as it used to be, and it is now somewhat difficult to trace its effects in its present decayed importance. [Sidenote: Home work drawbacks.] There used to be a good deal of home work in these trades, but the growth of large firms and the introduction of machinery[82] have discouraged it.[83] The material is very heavy and sometimes costly, and has to be carefully handled. It is therefore difficult to move from workshop to dwelling-place; and when handled in kitchens or other living rooms it runs a great risk of being stained and spoiled. The home workers find some of their own material, _e.g._, paste and brushes for bag making, and they save light and rent for employers; but, on the other hand, they are apt "to send back their work with the mark of teacups upon it," or spoiled in some other way, and it is difficult to get them to return it punctually. So in these trades, home work really does not pay. [Footnote 82: This seems to be specially the case in the provinces.]