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Dressmaking 26
Milinery 18
Tailoring and alteration of costumes 18
Art-needlework and embroideries 1
Corset-making 2
Bakehouses 36
Laundries 11
Cabinet-making, &c 4
Picture framing 1
Opticians 1
Chopping firewood 5
Rag-sorting 3
Cycle repairing and motor works 4
Wheelwrights and carriage painter 5
Printing and book-binding 1
Sheet steel and asbestos works 1
Cork-cutting 1
Whalebone cutting 1
Manufacture of military clothing, &c. 2
Wire Workers 3
Furriers 2
Fibre works 1
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509 inspections were made and defects numbering 260 were
found to exist. Necessary steps were taken and the nuisances
were remedied. As in other years a number of premises were
visited to ascertain if they were workshops. 83 workshops
have been removed from the register during the year, but in 10
cases the occupiers re-opened at other addresses within our district
and in 11 cases it was found that the occupiers, although continuing
to work themselves, had discontinued to employ hands.
In 11 cases H.M. Inspector of Factories was informed (as
required by section 133 of the Act) of occupiers of workshops who
had failed to display in their workrooms an Abstract of the Act, in
accordance with section 128. In one instance we were notified by