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FACTORIES ACT, 1937
I. Inspection of Factories
Total
No. of No. Inspections
Factories Inspected Made
Factories with Mechanical Power 189 83 161
Factories without Mechanical Power 35 12 16
2. Defects Found
In 15 instances notices were served regarding unsuitable or defective
sanitary conveniences. Twelve were complied with before the end of the
year. One notice served in 1957 concerning inadequate ventilation was
complied with and another was cancelled owing to change of ownership
of the factory.
Outworkers
There are 267 Outworkers on the register engaged in the following
occupations:—
Making, altering, etc. of wearing apparel 171
Making of household linen 3
Making of lace, lace curtains and nets 2
Manufacture of brass and brass articles 11
Making or repairing of umbrellas, sunshades, etc. 9
Making of artificial flowers 11
The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made
wholly or partially of paper 18
Making of brushes 8
Feather sorting 3
Carding, boxing, or packeting of buttons, hooks, etc. 1
Making or filling of Christmas crackers, Christmas stockings,
etc 14
The weaving of textile fabric 4
Manufacture of lampshades other than lampshades made wholly
of metal or glass or stone 12
71 visits were paid to outworkers' premises during the year.
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