The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-10

The second biennial report of the State factory inspector. George l.. Me- Lean. to the Governor. gives the num- Der of inspections made for the two lows:
 Factories inspected. .......2.12S 1880 Bakeshops inspected. coco. 424 472 Mercantile elevator inspec-
 lions. 619 oc6 Bakeshop inspections. ..... 505 ell Total number of mercan-
 tile elevator inspections. 798 787
 In factories during 1909 there were employed 152.425 males and 54.348 fe- males; in 1910 there were emp&oyed 153007 males and 55779 females. The number of orders issued. and the num- Der of changes required for the better protection of life and health of en1- ployes. sum up 40 for 1909 and 414 for 191G and cover all manner of cases floors" to removing obstruction from fire escapes. or providing better egress". and from protecting elevator openings by automatic bars or gates" to prohibiting boys under 16 years of age operating elevators" and ''remov- ing man who cannot speak English from custody of elevator During 1909. in 1854 of the 2.12S factory in spections no changes were required, but in 274 factories 40 changes were ordered In 1910. 1.715 of the 1880 fac tories inspected were found all right. but there were 414 changes ordered in 265 factories In the case of mer- cantfle elevators. 164 changes were re- duired in 1909 and ninety-nine in 1910.
 BAKERIES.
 Previously. persons ignorant of the Connecticut laws would build new bakeshops or start up again aban- doned ovens that were slightly below hN A. der the present law any one wishing to start bakery must first notify the factory inspector. whose duty it is to inspect the place. and see If it ac- cords with the bakeshop law. and such as will warrant the issue of a certifl- cate. which would give legal sanction to the place. The distributiop of tfle bakeshop law. printed in the English Italian and Hebrew languages. made the law better known and understood. In 1909.' 192 changes were ordered in bakeries. and 22e changes in 1910. These orders were all along the lines of sanitation. and provided for better ventilation. cleaner utensils. better drainage systems and better oppor- tunity for personal cleanliness of workmen.
 SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.
 In accordance with the new law requiring the reporting of serious ac-
 
 stablishments, which became opera tive October 1, 1909, 1,319 reports have been received during the year ended September 30, 1910. The highest figure reported for accidents attributable to any one cause was 267. various kinds Of presses being responsible. Many of these accidents were slight, and did not cause loss of work, but some entailed the loss of joints, fingers, or parts of hands. Press work is often piece work, and the incentive for speed is large contributing factor to injury, while wrong and careless prac1 tices of operators, and ignorance of rules of operation, especially among foreigners. who do not understand the English language, are also prolific sources of injury. The handling or moving of castings, caused 106 acci-l dents, or the second largest number listed. Burning by molten metal caused seventy-two accidents; circular saws cuts. slight or serious, or ampu- tations of fingers numbered sixty-five, while handling heavy iron or brass caused forty-two painful hurts. Cor ner staying machines in paper factor ies caused twenty-eight accidents, while there were injuries reported which were attributable to a consid- erable variety of other causes.
 WORK OF FEMALE DEPUTY.
 IHe leHldie deputy factory 1nSpeC- tors duties are defined by laws as relating to the health and welfare of women and girls employed in manu- featuring and mercantile establish ments; one has no power or authority over and no duty concerning any ma chinery, appliances or fixtures except sanitary fixtures. In 1909. this officer inspected 1,134 factories and mercan- tile establishments employing women, and 1,231 in 1910. She found 54,155 and 56,97S females employed in factories respectively in 1909 and 1910. and 5,563 and 5,720 in mercantile establishments. In 1909, she gave twenty-five orders of sanitary nature to factories and for ty-nine in 1910. Miss Julia c. Corcoran the deputy found factories where hours of labor notices were not posted, while large number of factories gave out work to home workers
 In the case of mercantile establish nlents, thirty-fve orders were given in the two years, while 3S2 places were found without hours of labor notices posted. Places visited where only one person was employed were 137 and ov- ertime complaints investigated num- bered fourteen.