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The general condition of the workshops seems to have improved,
for there were only 194 defects found, compared with 262 in
1913, and this in spite of the fact that there was a greater amount
of work done in the way of inspections.
The second schedule indicates the nature of the defects that
were found, and which in the main explains itself. The item of
other nuisances, which amounted to 65, includes such matters as
defective roofs, dirty conditions of walls and ceilings, &c. Last year
there were 88 instances of this sort.
Home work was found in 28 instances to be carried on in unwholesome
premises. These bad conditions were not of a serious
nature, and usually related to untidy or ill-kept apartments. In
most cases this was immediately remedied on attention being called
to them, and in only 7 instances was it necessary to issue notices,
which were all duly complied with. As in 1913, the premises to
which it was necessary to call attention mostly belonged to the
Wearing apparel class, and, exceptionally, one where paper bags were
made was reported as unsatisfactory.
4.—Registered Workshops.
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.
Number.
Laundries
49
Clothing (wholesale and private)
288
Preparation of food
182
Building trades
67
136
Bakehouses
Miscellaneous
921
Total number of workshops on Register
1,643
5.—Other Matters.
Class.
Number.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Acts (s. 133, 1901)
5
Action taken in matters referred by H.M.
Inspector as remediable under the Public
Health Acts, but not under the Factory
and Workshop Acts (s. 5, 1901)
{Notified by H.M. Inspector
17
Reports (of action taken)
sent to H.M. Inspector
7
7
Other
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):—
In use at the end of the year
65
There were several cases of default in sending in lists of outworkers
at the proper time, but a letter from the Committee pointing
out the consequences of failing to comply with the law had the
desired effect, and in no instance was it necessary to take out a
summons. No instances of home work being carried out on infected
premises were reported during the year. Every morning the list of
notifications is examined with the outworkers' lists to see if any
addresses appear on both of them. There is, therefore, little chance