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OUTWORKERS
Section 133 (1) of the Factories Act, 1961, requires occupiers of factories to
notify local authorities of the names and addresses of persons employed by them in
their own homes. The following table shows, by trades, the number of outworkers
in the district.
Artificial flowers 6
Bed linen, etc 3
Boxmaking. etc., wholly or partially of paper 5
Brass and brass articles 2
Carding, etc., of buttons 2
Christmas stockings, etc. 4
Curtains 6
Electrical cables 383
Handbags 2
Lampshades 2
Paint boxes and paint brushes 4
Toys and games 35
Wearing apparel 155
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The Council has a duty under Section 134 of the Factories Act, 1961, to
determine whether any place where outwork is done is injurious or dangerous to the
health of the persons employed therein.
Visits for this purpose are carried out when a new address appears on submitted
lists.
Fifteen visits were made by public health inspectors to the houses of these
outworkers and conditions were found to be satisfactory.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS
The purpose of the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951, and the
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations, 1961 and 1965, is to secure the
use of clean filling materials in upholstered articles and other articles which are
stuffed or lined.
Local authorities are required to register premises where filling materials are
used for upholstering, the stuffing or lining of bedding, toys or baby carriages, other
than upholstering (etc.) in the remaking or reconditioning of any article, or in
connection with railway carriages, road vehicles, ships or aircraft.
At the end of the year, 23 premises were registered to use filling materials.
Thirty-nine visits were made to these premises and conditions were found to be
satisfactory.
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