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Number of Reports from Committee to Vestry
prepared 17
Number of Meetings of Sub-Committees prepared for,
attended, and Minutes drafted and written 10
Number of Workrooms registered under Factory and
Workshops Acts, with particulars as to cubic
capacity, ventilation, etc. 305
FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACTS.
Since 1895 the details in relation to these Acts have been
under the special superintendence of Mr. Phillips, and he has
carried out his duties with zeal, ability, and discretion.
During the latter part of the year he has been much assisted
by Miss O'Kell.
During 1899 considerable attention was given to the
sections of the Factory Act of 1891 relating to out-workers.
The number of outdoor workrooms registered in the Parish
amounts to 116, representing 42 employers, mostly tailors and
outfitters. There has also been much work in compiling the
lists of out-workers who live out of the Parish, but work for
employers in the Parish, the number of these out-workers
is 311. The addresses of each of these out-workers have been
sent to the Local Authorities of the districts in which they
reside.
Bakehouses also come under the Factory Acts. The
effect of recent legislation appears to have diminished their
number. The bakehouses on the register for 1899 number
93, while in 1898 they numbered 105.
The following is a tabular statement of certain matters
which admit of tabulation; much of the work relating to
factories and workshops does not admit of this method of
expression:—
1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
Measurement of cubic space,
registering same, etc., and
investigating ventilation 212 456 1460 362 305
Inspection of bakehouses 254 228 119 114 305
Smoke Inspections 23 26 18 391 435