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Should this enactment prove efficacious then the district
Sanitary Inspector's time will no longer be spent primarily in
routine complaints and re-visits but rather in the more necessary
preventive functions.
Factories Act, 1937. Under this Act the principal functions
are administered by the Ministry of Labour and National Service
through H.M. Factory Inspectors. The Sanitary Authority is
charged with the duty of enforcing the legislation as to sanitary
accommodation in all factories in its area and in these factories
where mechanical power is not used, the following:—
Cleanliness
Ventilation.
Overcrowding.
Drainage of floors.
All factories must have an adequate supply of drinking water
from a public main or some other source approved in writing by the
Council.
During the year 433 inspections were made by the Council's
Inspectors in relation to the 379 registered factories. The latter
figure includes 67 premises where mechanical power is not used.
Defects were found in 39 instances, all of which were remeelied.