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Factory and Workshop Acts, 1901 and 1907.
There were 47 premises on the register on January 1st,
of these eight have been closed or the use of the premises as
workshops has been discontinued and one has been converted
into a factory by the installation of electricpl power.
Three new workshops have been added, leaving 41
premises on the register at the close of the year.
These include dressmakers, tailors, bootmakers,
laundries, smiths, retail bakehouses, cycle makers, and
other trades where hand labour is employed.
One hundred and eighty-two inspections have been made
to these premises, seven workshops have been cleansed and
whitewashed, five bakehouses were limewashed; three
defective sanitary conveniences have been amended and
three other nuisances were abated.
Outworkers' lists have been received from employers
giving out home work (in each case the making of clothing)
and the names and addresses of' the outworkers were
forwarded to the Local Authorities n whose districts they
resided.
One outworkers' list was received and the premises
were inspected.
It has not been found necessary to notify H.M. Inspector
of any contravention of the Acts.
Military in the District.
Early in September the 8th (reserve) Battalion of the
Middlesex Regiment—about 1000 strong—were billetted in
the district at Hampton Court.