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Cattle Food.
This is a two-storey building used for the manufacture of cattle
food. Cocoa-nut husks are received in bags on the top storey, and they
are shot down through hoppers into the machines on the floor below,
where the contents are ground into fine powder. These are wrapped
in bags and sold as cattle food. Waste chocolate is received here and
is ground again into powder.
The premises are well lit by casement windows; ventilation, by
doors and windows, is also satisfactory. The floors were of wood and
were unavoidably dusty owing to the process carried on. Heating was
effected by means of steam pipes. The number of employees is seven
men, for whom there is one pedestal w.c. There are two female clerks
for whom there is one w.c.
Paint Works.
This business has been established for over five years, having
removed from a site in New Cross Road, where it existed for some ten
years previously. There was a laundry previously on the present site.
The ground generally in the vicinity is littered with metallic scraps and
builder's refuse ; the manager informed us that he is slowly clearing
this up. The works consist of a two-storey building; the top storey is
used as a store-room and packing-house; the ground floor contains the
machinery for grinding and mixing the colours. The latter arrive in
powder form from different colour merchants and are ground in a rotary
mill to a finer powder, passing over rotary drums where the colour
powder is mixed with oil, turpentine, etc. Other colours are added,
such as green, yellow, etc., in accordance with the particular shade
required. There is another room on the ground floor used as a storeroom
for paints. As the paint is made it trickles into the drum, which,
after being filled, is labelled and despatched. The second room is used
for putting up smaller tins from the large stock tins.
The lighting and ventilation of the premises is good, and there are
four taps, with soap and towel, for washing accommodation in the yard.
Seven men are employed for whom there is one satisfactory pedestal
w.c. This was installed at our request last summer.
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