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workshops
shops "on the Register in 1913 and 1921, indicate considerable economic changes. While the
Factories Workshops
(Laundries) (Domestic)
Workplaces
“Single Workers"
(Outworkers)
19131 28(32) 942(16) 36 299(256)
1920 168(21) 911 (9) 7 302(261)
1921 171(32) 741 (9) 45 367(224)
total of these two classes in the latter year shows a decrease of nearly 15 per cent—from 1,070
in 1913 to 912 in 1921, the number of factories has increased by rather more than one-third—
from 128 in 1913 to 171 in 1921—and that of workshops has decreased by over 20 per cent—
from 942 in 1913 to 741 in 1921. The number of "outworkers" has fallen in the same period
from 304 to 265, or just on 13 per cent. In Table XXVII. analyses of the trades carried on
in the premises on the Register in the two years will be found.
Factory legislation recognises three classes of workers viz, “women," “young persons" and
"men," The numbers of workers in those categories are shown below. The total number of
workers has fallen from 8,485 in 1913 to 6,073 in 1921—a shrinkage of over 28 per cent. There
Women. Young Persons. Men.
1913 4184(259) 629(55) 3672(152)
1920 2161(309) 158(27) 2696(311)
1921 2371(241) 252(12) 3450(298)
have been, moreover, considerable changes in the proportions of the three classes of workers,
the percentage of all workers of women employed falling from 49.3 in 1913 to 39.0 in 1921, that
of young persons from 7.4 to 4.l while that of men has increased from 43.2 to 56.8.

Inspections.— The Inspections of premises on the Register numbered 2,515 last year, 415
of the inspections being made on adding new premises to the Register. In 1920 the inspections
totalled 2,623 and in 1919, 2,929. The number of workrooms measured last year was 17 as
compared with 19 in 1920 and 36 in 1919.
Home Office Complaints.— The Home Office forwarded 21 complaints last year, as compared
with 29 in 1920 and 21 in 1919. Seven (7) of the complaints related to dirty conditions of the
workrooms, 6 to defective closet apparatus, 3 to insufficient closet accommodation, and 2 to
inadequate ventilation of the workrooms. The complaints were duly attended to and remedied.
Nuisances (or Offences) dealt with.— During the year 66 infringements of the Acts were
discovered (and dealt with) as compared with 91 in 1920 and 85 in 1919. The principal items
dealt with are set out below.
1913 1919 192C 1921
Workrooms dirty 89 33 42 34
„ overcrowded 21 3 1 2
„ insufficiently ventilated 7 2 5 4
W.C. apparatus defective 35 43 37 25
No separate accommodation 1 2 3 2
Insufficient accommodation — 2 3 —