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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
The work under the above Act continues to steadily increase.
The premises registered now number 3,985, and represent 8,031 workrooms, &c.
A new register is made each year, containing only such information as is necessary
for the current year's work. This has been found advantageous in facilitating the work
of inspection, as well as for reference, all the premises being entered in alphabetical and
numerical order. The system also serves a useful purpose in the preparation of the
figures required to be supplied under the Act to H.M. Home Office each year, the
Register not being complicated with dead matter relating to previous years,
In the reference book for the year there are 4,941 entries relating to the work, and
3,507 notices were served.
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The number of Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces at present registered is as
follows:—
Premises.
Workrooms, &c.
Factories
781
3,168
Workshops
2,171
3,830
Workplaces:—
Kitchens o£ Restaurants, Tea-rooms, &c.
883
883
Stables
25
25
Other places
125
125
Totals
3,985
8,031
Of the 3,168 Factory Workrooms registered, 1,866 were occupied by men only,
504 by women only, and 798 by men and women.
Of the 3,830 Workshops registered, 2,043 were occupied by men only, 981 by
women only, 777 by men and women, and 29 were "Domestic Workshops."
The number of workers employed was as follows:—
Men. Women.
Factories 19,726 19,002
Workshops 8,464 11,790
Workplaces (Kitchens, &c.) 5,612 6,105
Totals 33,802 36,897