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Factories and Outworkers.
Factories Act, 1961.
Metropolitan Borough Councils are responsible for the enforcement
the provisions of this Act in regard to:—
(i) Sanitary conveniences—Section 7—In all factories.
(ii) Cleanliness, Overcrowding, Temperature, Ventilation, and
Drainage of Floors—Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6—In all factories
where mechanical power is not used.
(iii) Certificates of Suitability for Basement Bakehouses—Section
70—In all basement bakehouses.
(iv) Water Supply (where derived from a source other than the
public mains)—Section 57—In all factories.
A table giving the number of factories on the register at the end
of the year, with the number of inspections, defects found, and action
taken, is, at the request of the Minister of Health, given as an annexe
this Report.

Bakehouses.
There were 11 bakehouses on the register at the end of the year.
All of these are classed as factories, and 9 of them use mechanical power.
Thirty-seven inspections were made.
Two of the bakehouses were "basement bakehouses" within the
meaning of Section 70 of the Factories Act, 1961.