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The usual attention was given to the reception and despatch of
outworkers lists and returns and the keeping of the necessary registers.
Factories. The number of factories on the register at the close
of 1906 was 39. During the year 18 were added and 4 removed,
leaving 53 on register, involving 125 rooms, at the close of the year.
The number of inspections was 95. Number of notices served, 5.
Workshops. The number of workshops on the register at the
close of the year was 195, with 409 rooms, and the number of inspections
165. Number of notices served, 17.
Workplaces. The number of workplaces on the register at the
close of the year (including food premises) was 224 with 298 rooms,
and the number of inspections 274. Number of notices served, 45.
Outworkers. The number of Outworkers on the register at the
close of the year was 471. Number of inspections 457. No action
was found necessary as to work done in unwholesome premises, but
in eight cases, infectious sickness was notified in connection with outworkers'
premises, and all articles on hand at the time of notification
were disinfected before removal from the premises to the employers.
Persons doing work at home as outworkers, constantly change
their addresses and this causes frequent amendment of the register.
In this way 108 names were cancelled during the year.
As found necessary, cleansing and repairs were carried out.
No legal proceedings were necessary during the year.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1907.
This Act which will come into force in 1908, repeals Section 103 of
the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and substitutes therefor new
procedure applicable not only to trade laundries, but also to a laundry
carried on as auxiliary to another business, or incidentally to the
purposes of any public institution.
DAIRIES, MILKSHOPS AND PURVEYORS OF MILK.
Regular inspection of these premises was kept up during the year.
The number on the register in 1906 was 198. During the year 54
were added, and 49 cancelled, leaving 203 on the register.
The number of inspections for the year was 541, and 4 notices
served. Cleansing and limewashing was carried out when required,
and defective or corroded measures or vessels prohibited when found
in use. No legal proceedings were necessary during the year.
Owing to the very mixed nature of the trade carried on in the
small general shops registered for the sale of milk, very strict