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Chopping firewood 6
Rag-sorting 2
Cycle repairing and motor works 2
Wheelwright 3
Wire-workers 4
Printing and book-binding 3
Sheet steel and asbestos works, &c. 3
Cork-cutting 1
303
77 workshops have been removed from the register
during the year. In 28 instances the occupiers re-opened at
another address in the District, and these are included in the
foregoing list. In 31 cases the work was given up entirely, and
in the remaining 18 it was found that the occupiers of the workshops
had left our District.
Failure on the part of 43 occupiers of workshops to affix an
Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act, in accordance with
section 133 of the Act, were notified to H.M. Inspector of
Factories.
900 inspections of workshops have been made during the
year, and nuisances numbering 325 were found to exist, and on
the necessary steps being taken the insanitary conditions were
remedied.