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On the Administration of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901.
In this district there are 57 factories, 110 workshops,
and 116 workplaces, to which visits were paid during
the year as follows:-
Factories 40, workshops 74, workplaces 19.
There were 87 premises in which outwork was
carried on. At 73 of these the work done was the
making up of wearing apparel. There was no outwork
in unwholesome premises.
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
The same procedure operated during the year as
in the past in connection with rats and mice. Poisons
were supplied upon request and during Rat Week
posters were exhibited. A number of rat burrows was
treated with smoke and gas with fair results. In
addition, 1 statutory and 28 informal notices were
served during the year and 32 were complied with.