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Full particulars concerning these 82 Workshops have been
entered up in the Register, and it is found that there are connected
therewith 107 workrooms, in which were working at the
time of inspection 621 persons—20 males and 601 females
(females alone being employed in 74 workshops). There were
found being employed—
M. F. Total.
Children
Young Persons 2 136 138
Adults 18 465 483
20 601 621
Notices as to the "protected persons" (i.e , children, young
persons, and women) were sent on to the Factory Inspectors,
from time to time, as required (i.e., where no abstract was found
to have been posted up).
26 Notices of occupation of 28 workshops have been received
during 1904 by the Borough Council from the Factory Inspectors,
as compared with 62 during 1903, 25 during 1902 and 32 during
1901, and 3, 32, 60, 31, and 29 received by the late Vestry during
the five years 1886-1890 respectively.
10 written Notices have been received during 1904 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 have been
abated, and due notice sent to the Factory Inspectors within one
month as to action taken in each case. The number of notices
received in 1903, 1902 and 1901, were 9, 5 and 17, as compared
with 16, 8, 27, 25 and 66 received by the late Vestry during the.
five years 1886-1890 respectively.
In connection with the 82 new workshops inspected during
1904, the following insanitary conditions were met with at the
time of the inspections:—