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[1916
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ADMINISTRATION.
In accordance with the Factory and Workshops Act, the Medical Officer
of Health, herewith, submits his annual report on the work carried out by the
Council's Workshops' Inspectors during the year 1916.
Inspections and Visits.—The inspections and visits made by the
Inspectors were as under:—
Factories, including Factory Laundries 686
Workshops, including Workshop Laundries 2,624
Workplaces, other than outworkers' homes 158
Bakehouses 328
Restaurant Kitchens 380
Outworkers' premises 1,653
Miscellaneous re-inspections and calls 3,732
Total 9,561
Notices served.—In consequence of the 1,030 sanitary defects discovered
as the result of the above-mentioned inspections, 252 intimations and 3 statutory
notices were served. Of these notices 48 were served on the owners of factories
177 on the owners of workshops, 27 on the owners of restaurant kitchens, and 3
on the owners of Outworkers' premises In addition to these nuisances, 150
were discovered on Outworkers' premises, necessitating the service of 32
notices.
Registers.—There were 2,215 workshops on the Register, as contrasted with
2,308 in 1915, while the total number of workrooms was 7,576 as contrasted
with 7,531 in the previous year. 1,416 workshops were added to the Register
while 797 were removed from it.