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FACTORIES ACT, 1937
Inspection of Factories
Total No. of Factories No. Inspected Inspections Made
Factories with Mechanical Power 196 34 66
Factories without Mechanical Power 36 8 6
Defects Found
6 notices were served during 1960 regarding want of cleanliness,
unsuitable, defective and insufficient sanitary conveniences. All were
complied with at the end of the year. 3 notices served during 1959
were complied with during 1960. No prosecutions were instituted.
Outworkers
There are 213 Outworkers on the register engaged in the following
occupations:-
Making, altering, etc. of wearing apparel 162
Making of lace, lace curtains and nets 2
Making or repairing of umbrellas, sunshades, etc. 4
Making of artificial flowers 6
The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts
thereof made wholly or partially of paper 8
Making of brushes 6
Feather sorting 1
Making of stuffed toys 1
Making or filling of Christmas crackers,
Christmas stockings, etc. 7
The weaving of textile fabric 3
Manufacture of lampshades other than lampshades
made wholly of metal or glass or stone 8
Covering of racquet or tennis balls 1
Making up of household linen 4
31 visits were paid to outworkers' premises during the year. No
notices were served under Section 110 or Section 111 of the Act in connection
with failure to send in list of outworkers or work in unwholesome premises.
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