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FACTORIES ACT, 1957.
353 Inspections of Factories were made during the year, and
33 notices were served. There are now 805 factories of all types
on the register, comprising 181 factories without mechanical power,
and 624 factories with mechanical power.
Premises. Number. Inspections. Notices. Prosecutions.
Factories in
which sects.
1,2,3,4,6,7 181 86 5 Nil
are enforced
by L .A.
Factories not
included in
above in which 624 267 28 Nil.
Sect. 7 is enforced
by L.A.
Total 805 353 33 Nil
Defects found and remedied.
Found. Remedied.
Want of cleanliness 16 10
Inadequate ventilation 2 -
Sanitary Conveniences:
a) Insufficient. 6 5
b) Unsuitable or defective. 21 14
Other Offences 15 13
(Not including offences relating to
Home work, or offences under the
sections mentioned in the Schedule
to the Ministry of Health (Factories
and Workshops Transfer of Powers)
Order, 1921 and re-enacted in the
Third Schedule to the Factories
Act, 1937)
60 42.
In no cases were prosecutions instituted.