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33 [1921
4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.
(1)
Number.
(2)
Workshops where men are employed
648
Workshops where women are employed
436
Laundries
21
Bakehouses
240
Restaurant kitchens
346
Total Number of Workshops on Register
1,691
5.—OTHER MATTERS.
Class.
(1)
Number.
(2)
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133, 1901)
19
Action taken in matters referred by H.M.
Notified by H.M. Inspector
24
Inspector as remediable under the
Public Health Acts, but not under the
Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5, 1901).
Reports (of action taken) sent to
H.M. Inspector
27
Other (New Factories reported under Home Office Memorandum, 1912)
nil
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) in use at the end of the year .
84
DISTRICT INSPECTOR'S WORK.
The fourteen district inspectors made a total of 62,347 inspections and calls during
the year, an increase of 582 inspections on the corresponding period of 1920; while 19,462
improvements were effected in 7.599 premises; as against 16,611 improvements in 7 067
premises for the preceding year.
Synopsis of Inspectors' Work.—The following statement gives a brief synopsis
of the district inspector's work in 1921.
House to house inspections 630
Other inspections of dwelling houses 8,787
Re-inspections and calls made 50,573
Visits of inquiry re notifiable infectious diseases 4,344
Butchers' shops, stalls, etc. (Saturday nights) 43
Ice cream shops and factories 62
Dairies and Milkshops 468
Stables and yards 828
Manure depots 73
Smoke observations 84
Notices Served.—There were 4,373 intimation notices served by the inspectors with
respect to nuisances, of which 876 were delivered personally, and 3,497 by post. In 534
instances it became necessary, as the intimations to owners or occupiers of the properties
had been ignored, to report the nuisances to the Public Health Committee, who ordered
statutory notices to be served.
Verminous Premises Bedding and Clothing.—283 premises which were
found to be in a verminous condition, were cleansed by the owners or occupiers upon
receiving the Inspectors' intimations. In 56 instances it was necessary to remove the
bedding and clothing to the Disinfecting Station for purification or destruction.
Smoke Nuisances.—114 complaints of smoke issuing from factory chimneys in the
borough were investigated, and as a result of the Inspector's observation 3 notices were
served upon the owners of the businesses requiring the abatement of the nuisance.
REMOVAL OF DUST.
Twenty-one applications were received during the year for the removal of dust, which
is 15 below the number recorded last year.
The applications received for the previous ten years were as follows:
1911 52 1916 21
1912 47 1917 30
1913 32 1918 11
1914 26 1919 19
1915 28 1920 36
Dust Receptacles Provided.—During the year 1,776 dust receptacles, were
provided, while 34 were repaired after the service of sanitary notices.