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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Factories and Workshops.
The next Table shows a summary of the work done in the
Borough with reference to Factories and Workshops.
Owing to the re-organisation of the staff and to the outbreak
of Small Pox the amount of inspections of these was not so great
as it would have been. A large proportion of these workshops
will be under the Lady Sanitary Inspector, and the return for
next year will be more complete and the number of inspections
more numerous.
These numbers do not include bakehouses, each of which
were inspected at least twice during the year.
It is satisfactory that out of 497 workshops and 1,055 workrooms
inspected during the year, in only one workroom was there
any overcrowding, while eight were found to be insufficiently
ventilated. During the present year all the workshops will be
systematically inspected, the workrooms measured, and cards distributed
to show the number of persons who may be employed
therein.
From my own personal inspection I am able to report that
in all the workshops in the Borough visited by me the provisions
of the Public Health Act, which relate to factories and workshops
are complied with, and, if not, no difficulty was experienced in
persuading the owners to comply with any notices served.