Table: DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Particulars.
Number of Defects.
Number of Prosecu• tions.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred to H.M. Inspector.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts*—
Want of cleanliness
224
221
—
—
Want of ventilation
24
25
—
—
Overcrowding
4
4
—
—
Want of drainage of floors
8
9
—
—
Other nuisances
487
491
—
1
Sanitary Accommodation
insufficient
21
26
—
—
unsuitable, foul or defective
306
305
—
—
not separate for sexes
26
27
—
—
Offences under the Factory and Workshops Arts—
—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)
—
—
—
—
Other offences(Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921.) .
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshops Acts", 1901
as remediable under the Public Health Acts. 50 Workshops were also notified H.M. Inspector,
of failing to affix Abstract of Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133).
Table: OUTWORKERS' PREMISES.
OUTWORKERS' PREMISES.
Instances.
Noticcs Served.
Remedied.
Prosecutions.
Outwork in unwholesome premises (s. 108)
80
10
80
Nil
Outwork in infected premises (s. 109, 110)
3
—
3
—
Total
83
10
83
Nil
OUTWORKERS' LISTS (s. 107):Lists received from Employers
1,080
Addresses received from Other Councils
1,645
Addresses forwarded to Other Councils
642
Firms failing to send in lists (No. letters sent)
318
Table: OTHER MATTERS.
OTHER MATTERS.
Number.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133, 1901)
1
Action taken in matters referred by H.M.
Notified by H.M. Inspector
4
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
4
Other (New Factories and Workshops reported under Home Office Memorandum, 1912)
117
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) in use at the end of the year
