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(ii) The provisions relating to Cleanliness, Overcrowding,
Temperature and Sanitary conveniences have been changed
and amended, necessitating a gradual detailed survey of the
Factories in the Borough.
(iii) The general definition of a factory has been supplemented
by the specific inclusion of certain works or premises.
(iv) The Underground Bakehouses of the Borough will be
required to be surveyed with a view to deciding as to the
continuation of the certificate.
The number of factories without mechanical power on the
register at the end of 1938 was 2,492, compared with 2,523 at the
end of 1937. During the year under review, 90 entries were removed
from the register owing to the closing of premises, or to the removal
of the occupier to other places of business
The number of factories newly registered was 59. The factories
on the register at the end of 1938 numbered 2,252, compared with
2,232 at the end of 1937.
The list included four tenement factories in which there were
separate occupiers carrying on different trades or processes, and
supplied with mechanical power by the owner of the premises.
In the case of factories with mechanical power, the duty of
inspection is mainly carried out by H.M. Factory Inspector.
The duties of the Inspector attached to the Public Health
Department are limited to such questions as sanitary accommodation,
dustbin provision, nuisances arising from smoke, except in
the case of food premises and bakehouses where the Borough
Council have wider powers.
In the case of factories without mechanical power, the Health
Department deal with the above matters and in addition have other
duties, including the supervision of cleanliness, ventilation, overcrowding,
drainage of floors, and temperature.
Co-operation is maintained with the Factory Inspector in
dealing with factories in accordance with the Factories Act, 1937.
The persons employed in the factories in Finsbury are
approximately:—Males, 33,129: Females, 32,608.
During the year, 1,688 first visits and 792 re-visits were made
by the Council's inspectors to factories.