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A Committee has been formed, and has had several sittings
throughout the year, to take action under Part 3, "Housing of the
Working Classes Act," and to remedy these defects. No practical
result has yet come of their deliberations, and the great difficulty is to
provide a more suitable house for less rent than already exists in
abundance.
All the buildings erected during the year have been thoroughly
supervised by the Building Inspectors under the Surveyor, and have to
conform to the bye.laws in force (Model Bye.laws of L.G B.)
Sufficiency of air space about the houses, and cleanliness of
surroundings, are insisted upon, and many of the passages, that would
otherwise be left in an insanitary condition, have been made up under
Section 150, Public Health Act.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS' ACT, 1901.
A Register of Workshops has been kept up to date throughout the
year, as well as Workshop Record Book.
A Record of Outworkers as per lists received, owing to the constant
changes of addresses, has been compiled on the Card Index System in
addition to the ordinary Record of Outworkers.
During the year visits have been made to all workshops and work
places on the Register.
The factories have been visited and Section 22 of the Public Health
Amendment Act carried out. No complaints under this heading have
been received.
Workshops and Workplaces.— The number of these
premises on the Register under the Act at the close of the year was :
587 outworkers' premises, 19 Laundries, 52 Retail Bakehouses, and
28 other Workshops.
Outworkers' Premises.—These consist almost entirely of one
or two rooms of the dwelling.house used as a workplace. The sanitary
conditions of these were generally very satisfactory throughout the year.
(1) Air Space.—Cards are exhibited showing the number of
workers that may be employed, and no infringement of this condition
was detected.