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Some 23 communications were received from the factory inspector
as to the establishment of 93 new workshops in the Borough. These
were mainly for the purposes of the various branches of the furniture and clothing
trades. On inspection, 78 were found to' be in a fair or satisfactory sanitary condition,
three were unoccupied, one was already on the register, one had been demolished,
and the remainder were more or less unsatisfactory from a sanitary point of view, and
required attention.
Written intimations were received from the factory inspector to the number of 77,
referring to insanitary conditions and infringements of the law relating to public health
in connection with 129 workshops and workplaces. The chief insanitary conditions
to which the factory inspector directed attention, were: want of proper attention to
cleanliness, walls and ceilings being in a dirty state in 90 instances, a dirty and dilapidated
state of the workshop in 8 instances, defective or insufficient water-closet accommodation
in 10, want of proper separate sanitary accommodation for the sexes in
5, overcrowding in 2, and other defects in 14 instances. These workshops were all
inspected by th.e officers of the Borough Council, and the necessary steps were taken, to
remedy the sanitary defects to which attention was directed as well as a. number of
other insanitary conditions which came under the observation of the sanitary inspectors
when visiting the premises. The results of the action thus taken upon their intimations
were reported to the factory inspectors from time to time throughout the year.