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127
Notices received from the Home Office Factory
Inspectors.
Notice of occupation of workshops (Sec. 117,
sub-sec. 3) 112
Complaint notices (Section 5) 48
referring to the following details :—
Limewashing needed 21, Sanitary conveniences 28, Insufficient
ventilation 2, Dilapidations 1, Water supply 1,
Overcrowding 1.
Notices sent to the Home Office Insoectors 91
relating to the following matters :—
In Factories—
Abstract of Act not affixed 6, Limewashing needed 11, Insufficient
ventilation 2, Offensive gas fumes 3, Illegal
employment 2, Lack of means for heating 2, Overcrowding
1, Defective dust extraction 1, Insufficient
drainage of floor 2, Truck Act infringements 7, Inefficient
Fire exit 1.
and in Workshops—
Abstract of Act not affixed 46, Occupation of domestic workshop
7, Lack of means for heating 1, Truck Act infringements
4, Improper fire exit 1.
COMPLAINTS.
Seventy-five complaints were received and examined. Of
these, 54 were verified and dealt with ; 21 were not established on
investigation. Thirty-one of the letters were anonymous.
One special complaint alleged that the only drinking water
supplied to girls in a workshop was the luke-warm water derived
from the condenser of a steam engine. It was stated that the
girls all had to drink from a common enamelled jug. There used