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Full particulars concerning these 40 workshops were entered
up in the Register shewing that, at the time of inspection, there
were 76 workrooms, in which were working 313 persons—23 males
and 290 females, as follow:—
M. F. Total.
Children
Young Persons
Adults 23 290 313
8 Notices as to "protected persons" (i.e., children, young
persons, and women) employed were sent on, during 1914, to the
Factory Inspectors, from time to time as required (i.e., where no
Abstract under the Act was found to have been posted up in a
work-place).
63 Notices of occupation (representing 64 workshops) were
received during 1914 by the Borough Council from the Factory
Inspector.
17 written Notices were received during 1914 by the Borough
Council from the Factory Inspectors with reference to contraventions
of the Public Health Acts in connection with Factories
and Workshops, and all such nuisances were abated, if found
necessary, and due notices sent to the Factory Inspectors as to
the action taken in each case.
In connection with 40 new workshops, inspected during 1914,
the insanitary conditions found at the time of inspection are set
out in the Table subjoined.
The cubic capacities of the different workrooms were, naturally,
found to vary considerably, and in 4 workrooms (i.e., 5.3 per cent.),
overcrowding was found to exist.