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Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Outworkers.
These premises were regularly visited during the year. Special
attention was paid to sanitary accommodation for persons employed.
In three instances the W.C. accommodation was found to be insufficient
for the persons employed, and in 83 cases the accommodation
was unsuitable or defective.
In all but two instances the defect was remedied before the expiration
of the year.
The registers dealing with the above have been kept well up-to-date,
as will be gathered by the perusal of the following paragraphs relating
to the various classes of premises coming within the scope of the
Factory and Workshop Act.
FACTORIES.
Factories include all places in which mechanical power is used in
aid of the manufacturing processes.
The number of factories on the register at the end of the year,
including bakehouses and laundries, was 131, involving 277 rooms.
106 inspections were made and 14 notices served.
WORKSHOPS.
Workshops include any premises (not being factories) in which
manual labour is exercised by way of trade, or for purposes of gain
in, or incidental to, the making, altering, repairing, finishing or
adapting for sale of any article, and to or over which the employer of
the persons working there has the right of access or control.
The number of workshops on the register at the end of the year
was 251 (including bakehouses and laundries and domestic workshops)
with 395 rooms.

The number of inspections was 283.
There were thirteen notices served for defects and insanitary
conditions found.