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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The main distinction between a Factory and a Workshop is the
employment of mechanical power, such as steam, gas, or water, to
drive the machinery used in the former. The buildings in which
trades using mechanical power are carried on are called Factories ; but
certain trades are included as Factories by Parliamentary authority
irrespective of whether power be used or not. These are :—
Print Works, Bleaching and Dyeing Works, Earthenware Works,
Lucifer Match Works, Percussion Cap Works, Cartridge Works,
Paper Staining Works, Fustian Cutting Works, Blast Furnaces,
Copper Mills, Iron Mills, Foundries, Paper Mills, Glass Works,
Tobacco Factories, Letter-press Printing Works, Bookbinding
Works, and Flax Scutch Mills. All other buildings in which
manufacturing trades are carried on where mechanical power is not
used are called Workshops.
The extent and importance of the business, and the number of
workpeople employed in no way alters the classification; and any
number of machines driven by foot or hand-power may be in use
without affecting the treatment of the premises as Workshops.
For many years past it has been recognized that Her Majesty's
Factory Inspectors have not been able efficiently to supervise the