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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
Under Section 132 of the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901, the Medical Officer of Health is required to report on the
workshops and workplaces in his district, and to forward to
the Secretary of State a copy of his Annual Report.
Workshops where men are employed are placed under
the supervision of one of the sanitary inspectors, and workshops
where women are employed are visited by the women
sanitary inspectors, who also visit the homes of female
out-workers.
The total number of workshops on the Council's
Registers at the end of 1914, was 635. During the year
1397 inspections of these premises were made; and defects
to the number of 99 were found. Want of cleanliness
was reported in 17 instances. In only 7 cases was overcrowding
of workrooms found. In no case was it found
necessary to institute legal proceedings to obtain a remedy
of the defects.
In addition to the workshops mentioned in the preceding
paragraph there are 217 part-time and domestic work-places,
i.e., private houses or rooms where no power is used, and in
which only the occupiers themselves are employed.
The total number of workers employed in the 635
workshops referred to was 2142, of which number 1072 were
women, 764 men, and 306 "young persons."