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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
At the end of the year 1913, 272 factories, workshops ana
workplaces were on the Register.
As the result of the inspection of the workrooms and workplaces
in the Borough, it was found that for the most part they
were in a satisfactory condition, and that the requirements of the
Factory and Workshops Act of 1901 were duly observed. There
was 1 case of overcrowding to be dealt with, and there were 7
instances in which it was necessary to require cleansing. There
were 3 occasions to require an increase in the water-closet accommodation.
In 16 cases the Abstract of the Factory Acts was not
affixed in the workrooms, and the Home Office was notified accordingly.
There are altogether about 800 domestic workrooms in
the Borough in which textile material of various kinds is being
dealt with.
A complete list of all out-workers has been kept in the office;
the information has often been obtained by calling at the workshops,
for some employers still fail to realise their duty to send
in a list of out-workers twice a year, viz., in February and August,
as the Act directs.
1—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS
AND WORKPLACES.