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Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
The following part of this report is made pursuant to section
132 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, which provides that
"The Medical Officer of Health of every District Council shall in
his Annual Report to them, report specifically on the administration
of this Act in workshops and workplaces, and he shall send a
copy of his Annual Report, or so much of it as deals with this
subject, to the Secretary of State."
There are 478 workshops in Hampstead, including 38 domestic
workshops.
The number of workplaces is 197, and there are 50 factories.
The number of outworkers' premises is 72.
The sanitary condition of all these premises is supervised by
Mrs. Fisher and Inspector Hudson.
A series of statistical tables has been framed by the Secretary
of State "for the guidance and convenience of Medical Officers of
Health in preparing that part of their Annual Report which relates
to factories, workshops, workplaces, and home work." The tables
will be found on pages 114-117.
The following tables show the number of each class of workshops
in each Ward of the Borough, the number of workrooms in
the various workshops, and the number of persons of each sex
employed therein:—