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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
The work done under the above Act in the City continues to increase both
in volume and importance from year to year.
Separate registers have hitherto been kept for factories, workshops and
workplaces, but in the future, one register only will be kept, comprising the
whole, which will facilitate the work of inspection as well as being more
convenient for reference.
It is the duty of all Local Authorities to send annually, a copy of the
report of their Medical Officer of health on the work done under the Act to His
Majesty's Home Office, in the form specified by that department (see pp. 79-81),
and much of the information required in such report can only be obtained
from the registers before mentioned. It is therefore necessary to make them
as complete as possible, and the labour involved may be judged from the fact
that upwards of 6,900 separate workrooms, &c., have to be accounted for
during the year 1910.
The lists of outworkers required to be kept by employers, who are also
under obligation to send a copy of the same to the local authority twice a
year, involve a considerable amount of work. Last year nearly 17,000 names
and addresses had to be dealt with, detailed information being required to be
sent to the various local authorities concerned outside the City, in each case.
The year's reference book shows 5,622 entries, an increase of nearly 600
over last year.
During the year, 3,115 notices were issued for various purposes under
the Act.
The figures show an increase of 245 premises registered for the year,
representing 424 additional workrooms, &c.