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Workshops inspections and re-inspections1,588
Workrooms measured 79
Workshops notified to H.M. Inspector 88
Cards distributed showing number of persons legally
employed in workrooms 71
Written intimations issued 98
Statutory notices served 4
Defects discovered in Workshops and remedied—
Workrooms in a dirty condition 29
„ overcrowded 5
„ badly ventilated 9
„ with defective walls or ceilings —
„ defective floors 4
Workshops with defective yard paving 8
„ with defective drains 1
„ with blocked drains 5
,, without proper dustbins 10
„ with defective w.c. apparatus 21
,, with sanitary conveniences insufficient
in number or absent 9
,, with sanitary conveniences opening
into workrooms —
„ with sanitary conveniences without
proper doors or fastenings —
,, with sanitary conveniences in dirty
condition 4
Coal bins provided in bakehouses —
Accumulation of refuse removed 4
Other defects remedied 12
The following notices of defects were received from H.M.
Inspector of Factories during 1913 and received attention:—
Premises.
Trade.
Nature of Complaint.
Rear of 37 High
Street
Sweet
making
Defective flues and ventilator
220 Queen's
Road
Cap making
No ventilation to gas stove
Underground Workrooms.
Excluding' underground bakehouses, there are 31 underground
workshops and workplaces in Battersea, as compared with