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TABLE 20
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and
Homework.
1.—Inspection (including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).
Premises.
Number
Inspections.
Written
Notices.
Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)
415
42
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)
493
59
Workplaces
5750
260
Homeworkers' Premises (including Outworkers)
186
2
Total
6844
363
2.—Defects Found.
Particulars.
Number of Defects.
Number
of Prosecutions.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
*Nuisances under the Public Health
Acts:—
Want of Cleanliness
230
202
...
...
Want of Ventilation
16
5
...
...
Overcrowding
1
1
...
...
Want of drainage of floors
...
...
...
...
Other nuisances
340
326
...
...
Sanitary accommodations:
Insufficient
14
15
...
...
Unsuitable or defective
19
25
...
...
Not separate for sexes
1
1
...
...
Offences under the Factory and Workshop
Act :—
Illegal occupation of underground
bakehouse (S. 101)
...
...
...
...
Breach of special sanitary requirements
for bakehouses (SS. 97-100)
...
...
...
...
Other offences
58
58
...
...
Total
679
633
...
...
Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable
under the Public Health Acts.