View report page

102
Full particulars concerning these 57 workshops were
entered up in the Register shewing that, at the time of
inspection, there were 87 workrooms, in which were
working 316 persons—62 males and 254 females, as follow :
5 Notices as to "protected persons" (i.e., children,
young persons, and women) employed were sent on, during
1913, to the Factory Inspectors, from time to time as
required, (i.e., where no Abstract under the Act was found
to have been posted up in a work-place).
48 Notices of occupation (representing 46 workshops) were
received during 1913 by the Borough Council from the
Factory Inspector.
6 written Notices were received during 1913 ;by the
Borough Council from the Factory Inspectors with reference
to contraventions of the Public Health Acts in connection
with Factories and Workshops, and all such nuisances were
abated, as found necessary, and due notices sent to the
Factory Inspectors as to action taken in each case.
In connection with the 57 new workshops, inspected
during 1913, the insanitary conditions found at the time of
inspection are set out in the Table subjoined.
The cubic capacities of the different workrooms were,
naturally, found to vary considerably, and in 5 workrooms
(i.e., 5.7 per cent.), overcrowding was found to exist.
M. F. Total.
Children
Young Persons
Adults
7 37 44
55 217 272