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172 instances remedy was obtained by verbal notice; 266
required intimation notices, and 64 statutory notices.
Legal proceedings were taken in a case of overcrowding
of workrooms belonging to a large draper's, and a conviction
obtained. The owner of the premises had been previously
cautioned.
These inspectors paid 964 visits to factories, workshops,
workplaces, and laundries where women were employed. In 21
cases the official Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act was
not fixed upon the premises, as required by the Act. Overcrowding
was found and remedied in respect of nine premises.
Other nuisances, due mainly to the dirty condition of workrooms
or workplaces, were reported as existing in 157 premises.
One hundred and sixty-three visits were made to the
homes of outworkers. Generally the conditions of the outworkers'
homes from a sanitary point of view were satisfactory.
A small percentage of the homes were dirty, which conditions
were remedied prior to a second visit from the inspectors.
It is interesting to note that many residents appreciate
the visits of the women inspectors, and frequently write
requesting a visit.
Information is received from school-teachers of varying
conditions of certain school children, which suggest the
advisability of home inspection. In this manner several dirty
premises have been cleansed, and in not a few cases the children
have also benefited by the inspector's visit.
One hundred and sixty-three visits were made to homes
where deaths from phthisis had occurred. It was reported that
in 36 such homes previous deaths from this disease had occurred
to members of the same family. In four cases it was suggested