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Factories
There are 541 factories in the district. To these premises 393 visits
were made and 50 contraventions were found. Of these seventeen were
due to want of cleanliness, 18 were in respect of sanitary conveniences
and 15 involved records. Information was passed on to the Inspector of
Factories about matters with which he is concerned and he drew the
attention of the Local Authority to points he has found which concern
them.
Local Authorities are required to keep a register of outworkers and
to take action if people are employed in unwholesome premises. There
are 178 outworkers premises in the district. At 110 of these wearing
apparel is dealt with, being either made or cleaned; at 47 Christmas
crackers or stockings were made. 271 visits of inspection were made and
in all cases the premises were found satisfactory.
Shops
There are 2,357 shops on the register, an increase of eleven on the
previous year.
During the year 1,591 visits were made for the purpose of administering
the Shops Act The following is a summary of the contraventions
noted:—
Heating, insufficient or absence there of 17
Water closet, accommodation insufficient 5
Seating for females not provided 2
Assistants employed on weekly half-holiday 13
Young person employed after the specified hours 1
Shops open on half-holiday without displaying prescribed
notices 24
Shops open on half-holiday selling non-exempted articles 8
Sundays. Shops open for selling non-exempted articles 3
„ Failing to keep record of assistants employment 11
„ Failing to allow compensatory holiday for Sunday
employment 2
„ Keeping shop open without prescribed notices 6
Shops failing to close at Closing Hour 5
309 warnings were sent in respect of these items.
During the normal inspection of shops the following defects were
noted: Washbasins defective, 3; Ascot heaters defective, 8; Redecoration
necessary, 16; W.C's. needing repair, 13; W.C's. needing
redecoration, 11; W.C. without artificial lighting, 4; Choked drains, 3 ,
Yards untidy, 4; Hairdresser's basement without sufficient ventilation,
There were no prosecutions during the year. Three infringement
were reported to the Public Health Committee, one for serving no
exempted articles on Sunday, one for serving cigarettes after General
closing hour, and another for failing to observe the Weekly half-holiday
closing. In each case the Committee instructed a warning be sent.