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43
Wearing apparel 262
Artificial flowers 18
The making of boxes or other receptacles or
parts thereof made wholly or partially of
paper 50
Brush making 5
Feather sorting 3
Carding, etc., of buttons, etc, 12
Stuffed toys a4
Cosaques, Christmas crackers, Christmas
stockings, etc.; 4
Lampshades 1
Total 369
During the year, 469 visits were made to outworkers' premises.
No contraventions of the "Factory Acts" were reported.
A Pilot survey of occupational health
In order to better understand the occupational health needs
of employees in local industry, a pilot survey, covering only a
part of the Borough, has been carried out by members of the Public
Health Department. The locality selected has seventy three
factories employing from two or three to a thousand and more men
and women. The survey covers a variety of industries ranging from
motor garages to furniture factories, from chocolate manufacturers
to brass founders,. No heavy industry is included other than a
firm of civil engineering contractors.
In assessing the number of employees, office staff has been
excluded, and employers included only if taking an active part in
production.
Employment of Women
A large amount of female labour is employed in work which is
light and clean such as gown manufacturers and in the production
of radio valves. Many of the women are married and generally do
not work a full day. Opinion expressed as to the advisability of
employing married women varied.; Some firms preferred them on
account of their greater sense of responsibility while others
complained that the curtailed working day, irregular time keeping
and absenteeism for domestic reasons created administrative and
production problems.