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Factories and Workshops.
The total number of workshops on the Register was 3,396 ; but this does not
include factories, workplaces and out-workers' premises.
5,015 inspections to factories, workshops and workplaces revealed defects, which
necessitated the service of 1,453 written notices. Of the notices, 50 referred to
factories, 1,385 referred to workshops including workshop laundries, and 18 to
workplaces other than out-workers' premises.
Cleanliness.—753 notices were served to properly cleanse workshops.
Ventilation.—The ventilation of 94 workshops was improved.
Overcrowding.—Overcrowding was abated in 42 workshops.
Sanitary Accommodation.—The sanitary accommodation was improved in
209 workshops by providing additional and suitable water-closets.
Drainage of Floors.—The drainage of the floor was found defective in seven
workshops.
293 other nuisances were remedied in workshops.
Out-workers' Premises.—5,484 inspections were made to out-workers' premises
during the year ; 452 premises were found to be insanitary, and notifiable diseases
occurred in 100.
A large percentage of out-workers' addresses were found to be incorrect, and
on being visited by the Inspectors it was found that they had either left the premises
some considerable time previously or had never lived there at all.
The actual number of out-workers' premises varied from time to time, but at
the end of the year it was 4,609.