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Full particulars concerning these 86 Workshops have been
entered up in the Register, and it is found that there are connected
therewith 120 workrooms, in which were working at the
time of inspection 402 persons—18 males and 384 females
(females alone being employed in 73 workshops). There were
found being employed—
M. F. Total.
Children — — —
Young Persons — 96 96
Adults 18 288 306
18 384 402
Notices as to the "protected persons" (i.e, children, young
persons, and women) employed were sent on to the Factory
Inspectors, from time to time, as required (i.e., where no Abstract
under the Act was found to have been posted up in a workplace).
16 Notices of occupation of 28 workshops have been received
during 1905 by the Borough Council from the Factory Inspectors,
as compared with 28 during 1904, 62 during 1903, 25 during
1902 and 32 during 1901, and 3, 32, 60, 31, and 29 received by
the late Vestry during the five years 1886-1890 respectively.
9 written Notices have been received during 1905 by the
Borough Council from the Factory Inspectors with reference to
contraventions of the Public Health Acts in connection with
Factories and Workshops, and all such nuisances have been
abated, and due notice sent to the Factory Inspectors within one
month as to action taken in each case. The number of notices
received in 1904, 1903, 1902 and 1901, were 10, 9, 5 and 17, as
compared with 16, 8, 27, 25 and 66 received by the late Vestry
during the five years 1886-1890 respectively.
In connection with the 86 new workshops inspected during
1905, the following insanitary conditions were met with at the
time of the inspections:—
1. As to Ventilation and Wanning and Lighting.
In 2 out of the 86 workshops (i.e., 2 3 per cent.), the