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1937]
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises.
(1)
Inspections.
(2)
Number of
Written Notices.
(3)
Prosecutions.
(4)
Factories
861
78
1
(Including Factory Laundries)
Workshops
1,180
68
-
(Including Workshop Laundries)
Workplaces
1,650
148
-
(Other than Outworkers' premises)
Miscellaneous Re-Inspections and calls
6,044
6
-
Total
9,735
300
1
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Particulars,
(1)
Number of Defects.
Number
of
Prosecutions.
(5)
Found.
(2)
Remedied.
(3)
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
(4)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts*—
Want of cleanliness
305
299
-
-
Want of ventilation
16
15
-
-
Overcrowding
1
1
-
-
Want of drainage of floors
10
10
-
-
Other nuisances
356
331
-
-
Wanting
14
13
-
-
Dust Bins Defective
11
11
-
-
insufficient
6
7
-
-
Sanitary foul
81
83
-
-
Accommodation unsuitable or defective
86
86
-
-
not separate for sexes
11
10
-
-
Offences under the Factory and Workshop A ct—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse
(s. 101)
-
-
-
-
Breach of Special sanitary requirements for
bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100)
-
-
-
-
Other offences
-
-
-
1
(Excluding offences relating to outwork)
Total
897
866
-
1
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshops Acts, 1901
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
OUTWORKERS' PREMISES.
Instances.
Notices
Served.
Remedied.
Prosecutions.
Outwork in unwholesome premises (s. 108)
45
6
45
Nil
Outwork in infected premises (s. 109, 110)
1
-
1
Total
46
6
46
Nil
OUTWORKERS' LISTS (s. 107) :
Lists received from Employers 1,065
Addresses received from Other Councils 1,837
Addresses forwarded to Other Councils 548
Firms failing to send in lists (No. letters sent) 324