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1922]
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INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Premises.
Number of
Inspections.
Written Notices.
Prosecutions.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Factories
637
67
4
(Including Factory Laundries)
Workshops
941
71
-
(Including Workshop Laundries)
Workplaces
369
30
-
(Other than Outworker's premises)
Restaurant Kitchens
336
22
-
Bakehouses
285
17
-
Outworkers' Premises
1,145
49
-
Miscellaneous Re-Inspections and calls
5,162
—
-
Total
8,875
256
4
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Particulars.
Number of Defects.
Number
of
Prosecutions.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts—
Want of cleanliness
283
254
-
—
Want of ventilation
17
17
-
—
Overcrowding
8
8
-
—
Want of drainage of floors
11
11
-
—
Other nuisances
416
421
1
2
Sanitary
Accommodation
insufficient
17
15
-
—
unsuitable, foul or defective
446
452
-
2
not separate for sexes
16
15
-
—
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)
—
—
-
—
Breach of Special sanitary requirements for
houses (ss. 97 to 100)
3
3
-
-
Other offences
—
—
-
—
Total
1,217
l,196†
1
4
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public
Health Acts. † Defects found left over from previous year are also included in this total.
OUTWORKERS' PREMISES.
Instances.
Notices
Served.
Remedied.
Prosecutions.
Outwork in unwholesome premises (s. 108)
77
49
71
-
Outwork in infected premises (s. 109, 110)
22
22
22
—
Total
99
71
93
—
OUTWORKERS' LISTS (s. 107):
Lists received from Employers 1,820
Addresses received from Other Councils 2,374
Addresses forwarded to Other Councils 956
Firms failing to send in lists (No. letters sent) 174