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WOMEN SANITARY INSPECTORS.
Summary of work done under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, during
the year 1905:—
Factories inspected 19
„ periodical inspections 12
„ re-inspections 12
Workshops (workrooms inspected, measured, &c.) 262
„ Periodical inspections 457
„ re-inspections 219
Domestic workshops inspected 3
„ Periodical inspections 18
„ re-inspections 7
Workplaces (Kitchens) inspected 12
„ Periodical inspections 287
„ re-inspections 391
Offices inspected 38
„ re-inspections 14
Workers employed:—Men, 785 ; Women, 11,088 11,873
Complaints received from H.M. Inspectors of Factories 8
General complaints received 29
Defects found 833
Defects remedied—W.C's provided or improved 180
Ventilation of workrooms improved 58
Overcrowding abated 10
Workshops, &c., cleansed 144
General defects remedied 67
Total number of defects remedied and improvements effected 459
Defects referred to District Inspectors 153
Notices served:—Intimation, 143; Statutory, 19162
WORKSHOPS.
Seven hundred and nineteen workshops where women are employed have
been inspected during the year.
The figures for the previous three years were :—1902, 140 ; 1903, 283 5
and 1904, 345.
The following
Aprons
Art needlework
Artificial flowers
Baby clothes
Bags
Belts
Black bordering
Blinds
Blouses
Bonnet shapes
trades are represented:—
Boxes Christmas cards
Braces Collars
Brushes Corsets
Butchers' clothing Costumes
Button-holing Cushions
Carding combs, Dressmakers
pencils, &c.
Carpet-sewing
Caps
Chiffon tucking
Dressing gowns
Dressmakers' sundries
Drugs
Embroidery
Fancy goods
Feathers
Fine art publishers
Fans
Flags
Frames
Frilling
Fur sewing
Gloves