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Factories and Workshops.
The total number of workshops on the Register was 3,452, hut this does not
nclude factories, workplaces and outworkers premises.
5,540 inspections revealed defects, which necessitated the service of 1,552
written notices, 36 of these referred to factories, 1,483 to workshops including workshop
laundries, and 33 to workplaces other than outworkers' premises.
Cleanliness.—937 notices were served to properly cleanse workshops.
Ventilation.—The ventilation of 92 workshops was improved.
Overcrowding.—Overcrowding was abated in 39 workshops.
Sanitary Accommodation.—The sanitary accommodation was improved in 187
workshops by providing additional and suitable water-closets.
Outworkers' Premises.—3,762 inspections were made to outworkers' premises
during the year, 631 premises were found to be insanitary, and notifiable diseases
occurred in 76. The number of inspections appears to be small compared to the
number of addresses of outworkers received from other Councils. These premises
are mostly registered workshops and are included as such in our returns, although
they may be deemed outworkers' premises inasmuch as work is carried on there for
business houses in other districts. They are included in the column of addresses
of outworkers' premises received from other Councils, but the record of visits made to
them is included in the number of visits made to registered workshops.
Again, a large percentage of these addresses are false, and on being visited by
the Inspectors, it is found that the people have left many years previously in some
instances, or have never lived there at all. These visits are not counted.