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the approval of the Ministry of Health were obtained, suitably be done through
the medium of Maternity and Child Welfare work, The advice might also be
profitably given in certain cases to those attending tuberculosis and venerea!
disease clinics.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
Factories are dealt with by H.M. Inspectors of Factories and Workshops bv
the Officers of the Borough Council. Certain sanitary defects, however occurring
in factories are only remediable under the Public Health Act, and are referred by
H.M. Inspectors to the Health Department.
The number of workshops, exclusive of bakehouses, on the register at the end
of the year was 1,622. The number added to the register was 163, the number
removed 172.
A classification of the workshops on the register at the end of the year is contained
in the following table :—
Registered Workshops—1928.
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. Number.
(1) 1 (2)
(1) Furniture, woodwork, fitting and other branches of the furniture
trades. 1,110
(a) Cabinet making 644 (b) French polishing 162
(c) Upholstery 114 (d) Other workers 190
(2) Dress 1S7
(a) Tailoring 80 (e) Shirt making 1
(b) Mantles 10 (f) Boot and shoe trades 31
(c) Dress 13 (g) Artificial flowers 1
(d) Millinery 16 (h) Other workers 35
(3) Skin, leather, hair and feather trades 50
(a) Furriers 16 (b) Saddlery and Harness 13
(c) Feathers — (d) Other workers 21
(4) Paper, printing, book, stationery and fancy goods trades 65
(a) Box and bag makers 42 (b) Other workers 23
(5) Laundry and washing 7
(6) Food 9
(7) Metals, machines, implements and conveyances 44
(8) Precious metals, jewels, &c. 1
(9) Other trades than those mentioned above 149
Total number of workshops on Register 1,622
Note.—A separate register is kept for bakehouses, the number of which in
use at the end of the year was 59, including 35 factory bakehouses.