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Factories and Workshops.
The total number of workshops on the Register was 3,338 ; but this does not
include factories, workplaces and out-worker's premises.
5,453 inspections revealed defects, which necessitated the service of 1,213
written notices. Of the notices 20 referred to factories, 1,125 referred to workshops
including workshop laundries, 68 to workplaces other than out-worker's premises.
Cleanliness.—627 notices were served to properly cleanse workshops.
Ventilation.—The ventilation of 79 workshops was improved.
Overcrowding.—Overcrowding was abated in 48 workshops.
Sanitary Accommodation.—The sanitary accommodation was improved in
168 workshops by providing additional and suitable water-closets.
Drainage of Floors.—The drainage of the floor was found defective in five
workshops.
316 other nuisances were remedied in workshops.
Outworkers' Premises.—4,443 inspections were made to out-workers' premises
during the year ; 698 premises were found to be insanitary, and notifiable diseases
occurred in 47. The number of inspections appears small compared to the number
of addresses of out-workers received from other Councils. These premises are mostly
registered workshops, and are included as such in our returns, although in a way
they may be deemed out-workers' premises, as work is carried on there for business
houses in other districts. These premises are included in the column of addresses of
out-workers' 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 is incorrect, and on being visited
by the Inspectors it is found that they have either left the premises some considerable
time previously or have never lived there at all.
The actual number of out-worker's premises varied from time to time, but at
the end of the year it was 3,327.
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