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Sheet Metal Workers 1
Shopfitters 1
Tailors and Dressmakers 15
Temperature Recording Instrument Manufacturers 1
Timber Merchants and Sawyers 9
Upholsterers 10
Watch and Clock Repairers 4
X-Ray Apparatus 1
Other Trades 65
These premises have been visited from time to time and, as a result of action taken
by the Department, the following works have been carried out:—
New pans provided 4
W.Cs. cleansed or repaired 17
Flushing cisterns repaired 3
New sink wastepipes provided 1
Drains unstopped or repaired 1
Smoke nuisance abated 2
Workshops cleansed 5
Urinals cleansed 2
Artificial lighting to W.Cs 5
New sinks or lavatory basins provided 1
Roofs repaired 1
Refuse removed 2
Miscellaneous 2
Outworkers
Fifty-six visits have been made by the Public Health Inspectors to the homes of
persons notified as outworkers to the department. It has been found that the home
conditions are quite satisfactory.
The following table shows, by trades, the number of outworkers residing in the
district, and who were notified to me in the August lists as required by Section
110(i) (c) of the Factories Act, 1937 :—
Wearing apparel 23
Curtains and furniture hanging 1
Lampshades 10
Making of brushes 1
Making of boxes 3
Fancy Goods 1
There were no cases of default in sending lists to the Council (Section 110) and
no instances of work in unwholesome premises (Section 111).
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