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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
The work required to be done under the above Act continues to increase.
The total number of premises registered amounts to 3,885. and represents
7,582 workrooms, &c., to be inspected during the coming year, independently
of new places established or discovered.
The Register of all places coming under the operation of the Act (factories,
workshops and workplaces), was first instituted during the past year.
Formerly Registers of each class of places were kept, but, as was anticipated
in my report of last year, the complete Register has proved to be more
convenient for reference as well as facilitating the work of inspection. More
especially has the Register been of service in the preparation of the returns
required by the Home Office, the figures being especially heavy for the City,
where so much work is done and is given out to be done in Greater London
and some of the provinces, even as far distant as Edinburgh and Bournemouth.
The reference book for the year shows 5,652 entries, an increase upon last
year.
The notices issued for various purposes under the Act amounted to 3,317.
The question of underground rooms used for purposes of business is dealt
with in another portion of this report (see page 101.)
An increase of 150 premises registered has to be recorded, representing 640
additional workrooms, &c.
Practically the whole of the premises registered were visited during the
year.
The number of Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces at present registered
is as follows:—
Factories
Premises.
Workrooms, &c.
748
3,021
Workshops
2,135
3,559
Workplaces:—
Kitchens of Restaurants, Tea-rooms, &c.
868
868
Stables
26
26
Other places
108
108
Totals
3,885
7,582
The following figures abstracted from the Register will be of interest.
Of the 3,021 Factory Workrooms registered, 1,486 were occupied by men
only, 243 by women only, and 1,292 by men and women.
Of the 3,559 Workshops registered, 1,854 were occupied by men only, 745
by women only, 927 by men and women, and 33 were "Domestic Workshops."