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Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928.
Under the above Act 20 samples were taken for analysis. All complied
with the standard laid down.
It is reported that many firms are now using "Cotton Flock" instead of
rag flock, and that samples of the latter are consequently not so easy to obtain
as formerly.
Cotton Flock is a waste product of Cotton Spinning.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
Factories are dealt with by H.M. Inspectors of Factories and Workshops
by 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 1,612. The number added to the register during the
year under consideration was 155, the number removed was 130, and the
number on the register at the end of 1931 was 1,637.
A classification of the workshops on the register at the end of the year is
contained in the following table: —

Note.—A separate register is kept for bakehouses, the number of which in
use at the end of the year was 51, including 35 factory bakehouses.