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maximum number of workers that can legally occupy the room is
then calculated and this information set out on a card, supplied
by the Council, which is hung up in each room. The number of
legal occupants varies according as overtime is worked, or whether
the room is used as a sleeping-room as well as a work-room. During
1908, 69 new work-rooms were measured.
Overcrowding was found in 8 instances. In 3 cases, the overcrowding
was abated immediately on the request of the Inspector,
but in 5 cases this was not done until a written notice had been
served.
Abstract of the Act.
Section 128 of the Factory Act provides that an Abstract of
the Act "shall be affixed at the entrance of every factory and
work-shop, and in such other parts thereof" as the factory inspector
may direct, and section 133 of the Act provides that "when any
woman, young person, or child is employed in a workshop in which
no abstract of this Act is affixed as by this Act required, and the
Medical Officer of Health of the District Council becomes aware
thereof, he shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the Inspector
for the district." Pursuant to this section 41 workshops and
3 factories were notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories.
Bakehouses
At the end of 1908 there were 37 Bakehouses on the Register,
22 being underground, and 15 over ground. One underground
Bakehouse, which had been illegally opened in the latter part of
1907, was closed during the year.
The Bakehouses have been kept under constant supervision
during the year. The usual cleansing has been duly carried out
twice in the year, and any defects found have been remedied.
Four inspections were made and 2 notices were served in
respect of the Factory Bakehouses; and 76 inspections and 3 notices
in respect of the Workshop Bakehouses.
The following is a list of the Bakehouses on the Register at
the end of the year: —
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