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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
221
As has been stated in this Report when dealing with Infective
Diseases the Inspectors had a very large increase of cases to deal
with, and this consequently lessened the time that could be devoted
to inspections of factories and workshops.
I have also this year visited a large number of these premises
and am able to report that they are all in a very satisfactory
condition. The fact that no prosecution was necessary to abate any
nuisances found shows that there has been no difficulty in carrying
out the provisions of the Act.
With regard to outworkers it has again been found necessary,
as a matter of routine, to forward a warning letter to the majority
of employers.
The Tables Vvhich follow are similar to those used in previous
Reports, and the whole of the work done by both male and female
Inspectors is there shown in a concise form.
The total number of workshops on the Register was 1,690
including 128 retail bakehouses, 144 workshop laundries, 286
dressmakers' and milliners' premises, and 1,132 other workshops,
but not including 374 factories, 1,094 workplaces, and 312 outworkers'
premises.
Including all factories, workshops, workplaces, and outworkers'
premises, there were on the Register at the end of 1911
3,470 premises, compared with 3,420 in 1910, 3,305 in 1909, 3,347 in
1908, 3,281 in 1907, and 3,096 in 1906.
The total number of inspections made during the year was
6,050, compared with 6,387 in 1910, 6,531 in 1909, 5,801 in 1908,
6,048 in 1907, and 5,997 in 1906.
The total number of notices served was 462, 429 intimation
and 33 statutory, compared with 580 in 1910, 597 in 1909, 434 in
1908, 453 in 1907, and 427 in 1906.