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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS, 1901 and 1907.
Factories include all places in which mechanical power is
used.
During the year 22 inspections were made, and defects
numbering 8 were dealt with and remedied.
The duty devolving upon the Health Department in connection
with factories is chiefly to deal with any nuisances remediable
under the Public Health Acts, at the request of H.M. Inspector
of Factories. One such notification was received during the year,
upon which the factory was visited and the necessary sanitary
defects dealt with and remedied; and in one instance H.M. Inspector
was informed by us of an irregularity which did not come
within the province of our Inspectors.
Workshops include any premises (not being Factories) in
which manual labour is exercised by way of trade or for the purposes
of gain in, or incidental to, the making, altering, repairing,
finishing or adapting for sale of any article, and to or over which
the employer of the persons working there has the right of access
or control.
At the end of the year we have 241 workshops on the register
as compared with 296 at the beginning of 1917. They are grouped
as follows :—
Manufacture of blouses, underclothing, &c. 60
,, ,, boots, shoes, &c 12
,, ,, ties, neckwear, &c. 9
,, ,, leather and fancy goods 2
,, ,, brushes 2
,, ,, polishes, gums, &c. 2
,, ,, scales 1
,, ,, children's toys, &c. 1
., ,, ether sprays 1
,, ,, wooden boxes 1
,, ,, mats 1
,, ,, drawing instruments, &c. 2