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Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
The Factory and Workshop Act came into force at the beginning
of 1902, and in consequence a number of additional duties
devolved on the local authority. Section 132 of the Act directs
that the Medical Officer of Health of every District Council shall
every year report specifically on the administration of the Act in
workshops and workplaces in the district under his supervision,
and transmit a copy to the Secretary of State for the Home
Department. In this portion of the Annual Report will be found
everything which has concerned the Health Department in relation
to factories, workshops and workplaces. The only exceptions are
milk shops and restaurant kitchens, which are more appropriately
included in the section dealing with the protection of the food
supply.

Factories.
Factories include all places in which mechanical power is
used in aid of the manufacturing processes.
There are 183 of these premises registered in the Health
Department, employing 7,341 persons (males 5,606, females
2,735).