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4.—WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES ON THE REGISTER AT
THE END OF 1922.
No
Bakehouses 37
Factory Bakehouses 5
Barge Builders 14
Blacksmiths 4
Boot and Shoe Makers 7
Builders' Yards 4
Carpenters and Joiners 2
Carriage Builders 2
Coopers 4
Cycle Works 3
Dress and Mantle Makers 14
Fuel Works 7
Laundries 8
Milliners 2
Photographers 3
Picture Frame Makers 1
Printers 1
Tailors 5
Underclothing Makers 1
Others 51
175
5.—OTHER MATTERS.
Class. No.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories :—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) —
Action taken in matters referred by H. M. Inspectors as remediable
under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act
(s. 5):—
Notified by H.M. Inspector 2
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors 2
Other —
Underground Bakehouses (sec. 101) :—
In use at the end of 1922 13
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts.—No applications were
received during the year for certificates under these Acts.
Scavenging.—The up-to-date refuse destructor on the
selective principle, which was foreshadowed in last year's Report,
and which has been under consideration throughout the whole
of the year, has, however, not yet materialised, and the
objectionable practice of dumping refuse on low-lying marsh land
in the Borough has continued. This practice on the part of the
Council has materially tied our hands in dealing with similar objectionable
practices carried out by private individuals, and towards
the end of the year the state of popular feeling on this matter in the
affected neighbourhood became so great that a private individual