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FACTORIES ACT, 1937
Inspection of Factories
Total
No. of No. Inspections
Factories Inspected Made
Factories with Mechanical Power 202 94 179
Factories without Mechanical Power 35 4 4
Defects Found
12 notices were served during 1959 regarding want of cleanliness, unsuitable,
defective and insufficient sanitary conveniences. 6 were complied
with at the end of the year. 5 notices were served during 1958 concerning
ventilation, unsuitable and defective sanitary conveniences, of these 2 were
complied with at the end of 1959.
Outworkers
There are 199 Outworkers on the register engaged in the following
occupations:-
Making, altering, etc. of wearing apparel 134
Making of lace, lace curtains and nets 1
Manufacture of brass and brass articles 2
Making or repairing of umbrellas, sunshades, etc. 3
Making of artificial flowers 10
The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof
made wholly or partially of paper 9
Making of brushes 6
Feather sorting 1
Making of stuffed toys 1
Making or filling of Christmas crackers, Christmas
stockings etc. 22
The weaving of textile fabric 3
Manufacture of lampshades other than lampshades made
wholly of metal or glass or stone 7
81 visits were paid to outworkers' premises during the year.
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