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At the end of the year 1929, 1,172 premises were on the Register as compared with 1,165
at the end of the year 1928. During the year 1930, 27 premises were removed from the
Register and 67 added, making the total at the end of the year, 1,212.
The Department reported the opening of 15 workshops to the Home Office, and received
from that Office, notice of 22, 15 of which were already known to the Department.
Homework (Outworkers).—Local employers of outworkers sent in 24 lists in February and
23 lists in August. These lists contained 307 names and addresses of which 243 were forwarded
to other districts. From other districts 308 addresses within the Borough were received.
Supervision.—There were during the year, 2,842 inspections, comprising 998 of factories,
1,155 of workshops and 689 of workplaces.
There were 167 nuisances or defects found upon registered premises, 167 of which were
remedied during the year, the majority being remedied by verbal request. The defects
found comprised:—
Want of cleanliness 133
„ ventilation —
Overcrowding 3
Sanitary accommodation—insufficient 1
,, ,, unsuitable or defective 19
„ „ not separate for sexes —
Other offences 11
The Home Office forwarded 2 complaints, which comprised:—
Overcrowding 3
Sanitary conveniences not separate for sexes —
Other offences 17
Bakehouses.—During the year one level bakehouse was opened, the total number
on the Register at the end of the year being 60, of which 51 were factory bakehouses.
The number of "level" bakehouses was 17 (13 being factories) and of " underground "
43 (38 being factories)