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FACTORIES ACT, 1937
Inspection of Factories
Total
No. of No. Inspections
Factories Inspected Made
Factories with Mechanical Power 197 128 157
Factories without Mechanical Power 35 2 3
Defects Found
4 notices were served during 1961 regarding want of cleanliness,
unsuitable, defective and insufficient sanitary conveniences. All were
complied with at the end of the year. No prosecutions were
instituted.
Outworker s
There are 247 Outworkers on the register engaged in the following
occupations: -
Making, altering, etc. of wearing apparel 183
Making up of household linen 3
Making of lace, lace curtains and nets 1
Making or repairing of umbrellas, sunshades, etc. 8
Making of artificial flowers 8
The making of boxes or other receptacles or
parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper 9
Making of brushes 8
Feather sorting 1
Carding of buttons 1
Making or filling of Christmas crackers,
Christmas stockings, etc. 8
The weaving of textile fabric 4
Manufacture of lampshades other than lampshades
made wholly of metal or glass or stone 13
141 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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