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FACTORIES.
The Factories Act, 1937, was designed to secure safe
and healthy working conditions In factories. The principal
requirements of the Act are dealt with by the Ministry of
Labour through H.M. Inspectors of Factories, the Local
Authority's Sanitary Inspeotorsbeing responsible for
administering those sections of the Act dealing with
sanitary accommodation in all factories and with cleanliness,
temperature, ventilation, overcrowding, and drainage of
floors in factories where no mechanical power is used.
2,283 inspections were made of the 3,640 factories on
the register, and 101 notices were served. For details
please refer to Table 7 on page 54.
OUTWORKERS.
142 inspections were made of the 725 outworkers on the
register, who are employed in the following trades
Wearing Apparel 655
Umbrellas 4
Artificial flowers 10
Christmas Crackers etc. 11
Feather sorting 1
Paper bags 6
Carding etc. of Buttons 4
Chocolates and sweetmeats 1
Locks, latches and keys 1
Cardboard boxes 32
725
There were no notifications of infectious disease
relating to outworkers premises.
No. of firms in the Borough employing
Outworkers 45
No. of Outworkers residing in and employed
in the Borough 232
. No. of Outworkers residing outside the
Borough 227
No. of Outworkers residing in the Borough
employed by firms outside 493
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
There are 1,887 such premises in the Borough, to which
795 inspections were made during the year. 53 complaints
were remedied under the byelaws.
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