View report page

91
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
The Factory and Workshop Act came into force at the beginning
of 1902, and in consequence a number of additional duties
devolved on the local authority. Section 32 of the Act directs
that the medical officer of health 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 part
of the Annual Report will be found everything which has concerned
the Health department in relation to factories, workshops
and workplaces. The only exceptions are restaurant kitchens
and milk-shops which are more appropriately included in the
section dealing with the protection of the food supply.

Factories.
Factories include all places in which mechanical power is
used in aid of the manufacturing processes.
There are 195 of these premises registered in the Health Department
employing 8,367 persons (males, 6,310; females, 2,057) as
follows:—