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FACTORIES
The public health inspection function in factories varies according to whether the factory
is a power or non-power factory. In a power factory the public health inspector is concerned with:
(1) The purity of the drinking water.
(2) The adequacy and suitability of the sanitary accommodation.
(3) The display of the Abstract of the Factories Act.
(4) The abatement of nuisances.
(5) Rodent control, and
(6) The enforcement of the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations in connection with food
sales from canteens and vending machines.
There are 1,002 power factories in the Borough.
In non-power factories the public health inspector is concerned with the above matters
and the following:
(1) Cleanliness (4) Ventilation
(2) Overcrowding (5) Drainage of Floors
(3) Temperature
There are 23 non-power factories in the Borough.
During the year 1,119 inspections were made of factories registered under the Factories Act
and 45 notices under this Act were served requiring work to be done; schedules of the inspections
made and defects found are set out on page 102.
OUTWORKERS
If a factory employs people to carry out work at their own home, the details must be notified
by the factory to the local authority in whose area the factory is situated. The local authority must
in turn notify any other local authority in whose area the employed person resides.
Persons so employed are referred to as out-workers. There are 238 out-workers in the
Borough and 149 inspections were made of premises occupied by them. The conditions under
which the work was being carried out was in all cases satisfactory.
Details of the number of persons employed on out-work and the types of trades at which
they are employed is set out below: