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OTHER MATTERS.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories :—
Failure to affix Abstract 2
Notices from H.M. Inspector as to Nuisances,
and Reports of action taken 4
Underground Bakehouses :—
In use in 1903 6
Certificates granted 4
In use at end of 1904 4
Homework :—
Lists received 11
Outworkers 11
Adresses of Forwarded to other Authorities 1
Outworkers Received from other Authorities 12
Workshops on the Register at end of 1904 : —
Boot Repairers 33
Dressmakers 28
Bakehouses 24
Laundries 22
Tailors 15
Milliners 13
Other Trades 53
Total 188
Circular letters were sent to the proprietors of the different
workshops who carried on the class of trade specified in the Secretary
of State's Orders respecting outworkers, calling attention to the
provisions of the Act requiring lists of persons employed as outworkers
to be kept, and copies sent twice a year to the Local
Authority.
The bakehouses on the Register number 24, of which 20 are
above ground and 4 below. These have all been frequently
inspected, and the statutory requirements, such as periodical limewashing,
enforced.
Until the end of 1903 there were 6 underground bakehouses in
use in the District, 4 of which prior to January 1st, 1904 carried out the
following alterations, certificates being granted to the occupiers
under Section 101 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.