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By the end of the year 1916, 259 such premises were on the
Register.
THE HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING ACT, 1909.
During 1916 no action was taken under this Act.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
At the end of the year 1916, 290 factories, workshops and
workplaces were on the Register.
As the result of the inspection of the workrooms and workplaces
in the Borough, it was found that for the most part they
were in a satisfactory condition, and that the requirements of the
Factory and Workshops Act of 1901 were duly observed. There
was no case of overcrowding to be dealt with, but there were 6
instances in which it was necessary to require cleansing. There
were 24 occasions to require improvements in the water-closet
accommodation. In 6 cases the Abstract of the Factory Act
was not affixed in the workrooms, and the Home Office was notified
accordingly. There are altogether about 800 domestic workrooms
in the Borough in which textile material of various kinds is being
dealt with.
A complete list of all out-workers has been kept in the office;
the information has often been obtained by calling at the workshops,
for some employers still fail to realise their duty to send in
a list of out-workers twice a year, viz., in February and August,
as the Act directs.