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The following articles were destroyed at tlie request of
the owners:—
Six stone skate;
Box haddocks;
Trunk whiting.
Factory and Workshops Acts.
The number of Workshops and Workplaces, including
Bakehouses, now on the Register is 81. All have been periodically
inspected, and, as a rule, the general conditions of the
Act are well observed.
Five notices were received from H.M. Inspector of Factories
as to insufficient closet accommodation and insufficient
fasteners to women's closets in factories.
Outworkers.
Lists of Outworkers residing in this district have been
received in 34 instances from other authorities. A record is
kept of their addresses. These lists are referred to upon receipt
of a notification of infectious disease, in order to stop any
work being sent to an infected house. One case of Scarlet
Fever occurred in the house of an Outworker. Full precautions
were taken against the spread of the disease.
The names and addresses of five outworkers living outside
the district have been forwarded to the authorities of the district
in which they reside.