WORKING CONDITIONS IN FACTORIES. 67
Hindus and Musalmans, and the extent of their use showed that they
supplied a need and were appreciated by the workers. We recommend
that the possibilities in this direction be examined with a view to a wider
adoption of amenities of this kind.
IV. ADMINISTRATION.
The Inspectorate.

We turn now to the question of the enforcement of the Factories
Act. The main responsibility for inspection rests on the whole-time
inspection staff, the strength of which in 1921 and 1929 is shown in the
following table :—

991.

1099

Province.

Bengal .
Bombay we
Burma “
Oentral * Pro-

Tinces vie
Madras ..
Punjab we
Tnited Pro-
vinces.

Total ..

Chief
nspect-
Ors.

[nspect-
ors.

%

Asst,
(nspect-
ors.

Total.

Chief
nspect-
NTS.

[nspect-
ora.

27

£88t,
‘nspect- |
ors.

x

Total.

i0

2
1

3

3

)
Ad

20
| \
* Approximate figure ; staff is, or was, combined with the boiler inspection staff,
Assam, where the number of non-seasonal factories is very small,
hag appointed an inspector since 1929. Previously it made a contribu-
tion to the maintenance of the Bengal staff, which was responsible
for inspection in Assam also. Of the minor provinces the North-West
Frontier Province, Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara are under the charge of the
Inspector of Factories for the Punjab, Baluchistan has a technical officer
who combines the inspection of factories with other duties, while the
few factories in Coorg and Bangalore are inspected by non-technical
part-time officers. As the table indicates, there has been a gratifying
increase in the inspection staff in the last decade. The increase in num-
bers in the permanent Inspectorate is approximately proportionate to the
increase in the number of factories suhiect to the Factories Act. which