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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 no case of overcrowding to be dealt with, but there were
10 instances in which it was necessary to require cleansing.
There were 18 occasions to require improvements in the watercloset
accommodation. In 4 cases the Abstract of the Factory
Act 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.