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Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
The Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, came into force
at the beginning* of 1902, and in consequence, a number of
additional duties devolved on the local authority. Section
132 of the Act lays down that the Medical Officer of Health
of every district council shall every year report specifically on
the administration of the Act in workshops and workplaces
in the district under his supervision, and transmit a copy to
the Secretary of State for the Home Department. In this
portion of the Annual Report will be found everything which
has concerned the Health Department in relation to workshops
and workplaces. The only exceptions are milk-shops and
restaurant kitchens, which are more appropriately included
in the section dealing with the protection of the food supply.
In the following table is shown a summary of the various
premises in the Borough where work is done which are now
registered in the Health Department:—
Workshops and workplaces 823
Factories 152
Bakehouses 86
Restaurant Kitchens, &c. 93
Ice Cream Premises 110
Home Workers 217
Stables 589
Total 2,070
Factories.
The Factory Act contains a sanitary code which is
administered by the Factory Inspectors. The duties of the
Sanitary Authorities in relation to factories are therefore not