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persons employed in, or in attendance at, the workshop,
and also with proper separate accommodation
for persons of each sex, where persons of
both sexes are employed, or intended to be
employed, or in attendance;
(i.) That lists of names and addresses of out-workers
in connection with places in which the manufacture
or making of wearing apparel, the manufacture of
electro-plate or files, or cabinet and furniture
making and upholstery work are carried on, are to
be kept by the Occupiers or Contractors, inspected
by the Officers of a Sanitary Authority, and the
places where such outworkers reside inspected and
kept in a proper sanitary condition;
(j.) That the above duties are carried out by the
Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors
duly appointed.
N.B.—A Factory is supplied with "Steam, water, or
other mechanical power" : a Workshop, not.
From this brief resume of the most important sections
(relating to Sanitary Officers) of the Factory and Workshop
Acts, some idea will be obtained of the nature and extent
of the examinations and inspections required in connection
with workshops, and, with a view to assisting the Inspectors,
I drew up a series of questions and enquiries
(copy of which is appended to this Report), including the
measuring up of all the different workrooms, and the
drawing of plans in connection therewith. Each workshop
has been visited and inspected and its workrooms measured,
and a plan in each individual case drawn, showing its cubic
capacity (width, height, and length) and general shape.
Particulars have also been taken as to sanitary or insanitary