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FACTORIES AI\D BAKEHOUSES.
The total number of factories on the register at the end of the
year was 206.
The businesses carried on at the respective premises were as
follows:-
Bakehouses 17
Laundries 7
Tailors 3
Engineers 61
Printers 6
Builders and Joiners 24
Boot repairers 11
Radio and cycle repairers/Makers 13
Motor engineers 15
Miscellaneous 49
Eighty visits were made to factories and twenty to bakehouses,
and as a result, the following works were carried out to remedy
contraventions:-
Sanitary Conveniences.
Additional ¥.C.s provided 1
Cleansed or repaired 3
Flushing cisterns repaired or
renewed 2
Lighted or ventilated 1
New baths, sinks, etc. fixed 1
General.
Drains cleansed 1
New waste pipes provided 1
Means of escape in case of fire
put in order 1
Water supply re-instated 1
Service pipes and cisterns
repaired, etc. 1
Dust receptacles provided 2
Accumulations removed 3
Six certificates were issued under section 34 of the Factories
Act, 1937, that the factories to which they relate are provided with
such means of escape in case of fire for the persons employed therein
as may be reasonbly required in the circumstances of each case.
There were 30 outworkers on the register at the end of the year.
Four visits of inspection were made but no contraventions found.
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