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