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(10.)—She shall, under the direction of the Sanitary Authority, carry out
any special duties which may be required in connection with workshops,
laundries, and other places where female labour is employed.
In September a systematic inspection of workshops and workplaces in
the City was initiated on my suggestion in anticipation of the requirements
of 1901, and as a result, 745 workrooms were inspected, measured, &c.,
involving some 1,190 inspections (including re-inspections).
In 73 cases workrooms were found to need cleansing, whitewashing, &c.,
and on my certificate these were ordered to be cleansed and purified as was
found necessary.
Numerous defects of a structural character were also discovered, and the
owners or occupiers called upon to provide a remedy, but as this work was not
completed during the year, the subject will be further dealt with in my next
Annual Report.
DEFECTS IN FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS NOTIFIED
BY H.M. INSPECTOR OF FACTORIES.
The following are the particulars of defects found in factories and
workshops, and reported to me by H.M. Inspectors; also the steps taken
by my Department to effect improvement.
Fifty-one cases were thus notified in the course of the year, compared with
forty-nine in 1900, fifty-five in 1899, sixty-five in 1898, and thirty-four in
1897, distributed as under:—
Situation of Premises. Result of action taken.
18, Albion Buildings Walls and ceilings cleansed and whitewashed.
Playhouse Yard (McKinley and Co.) Separate w.c. accommodation provided.
5, Paternoster Buildings Defect in soil pipe remedied.
31, King Street Workroom cleansed.
35a, King Street Walls and ceilings of workroom cleansed and whitewashed.
21, Castle Street Workshop cleansed.
5a, Heneage Lane Two workshops cleansed.
2, Fetter Lane Workshop cleansed and whitewashed and pan of w.c.
cleansed.
5, Old Bailey No cause of complaint at time of visit; workrooms
ventilated.
29, Fetter Lane Walls and ceilings cleansed and whitewashed.
15, Carter Lane Workshops cleansed.