APPENDIX II. PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, IN CHARGE OF THE BUREAU OF FACTORY INSPECTION. STATE OF NEW YORK, ALBANY, November 15, 1906. Hon. P. T. SHERMAN, Sir: Commissioner of Labor, Albany, N. Y. I beg to submit herewith a brief statement covering the work performed by the Bureau of Factory Inspection during the year ended September 30, 1906. Mere statistics cannot demonstrate the added efficiency of this Bureau since its reorganization, but a comparison of our figures for the past year with those of former years is invited. The results obtained under improved methods, adopted over one year ago, have fully justified the changes then made. (1) WORK OF DEPUTY FACTORY INSPECTORS, 1906. * Cf. summary of all prosecutions completed or begun during the year, below. Exclusive of 3 pending on appeal. (2) TENEMENT MANUFACTURES. STATEMENT COVERING ENTIRE PERIOD OF THE OPERATION OF AMENDED LAW (OCTOBER 1, 1904, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1906). RECORD OF OPERATIONS OF LICENSE BUREAU DURING CURRENT YEAR. *These are cases in which investigation showed no work being done or likely to be done on the premises and in which no further application for the license was received after inves tigation. *In current or previous year. *Including one partly sustained. ††Including 2 sustained in part. Investigated in connection with regular inspection; no special reports made by in spectors. The number of sparate communications was 562, as 62 covered more than one subject; thus 46 contained two subjects; 12, three subjects; 3, four subjects; and 1, five subjects The number of separate communications was 285, since 17 covered two subjects, 6 covered three, 2 covered four, and 2 covered five. NOTE-"Case" signifies each item of prosecution, e. g., a proceeding for the illegal employment of three children is tabulated as three cases in one group of prosecutions. The table covering "Orders and Compliances" is omitted for the reason that our tabulation of the same is incomplete at this time. During the year just ended 6,500 more factories were visited than were inspected in 1905, and the number of bakeries brought under surveillance was increased about 1,000. The number of establishments visited on complaint was about 40 per cent smaller than in the previous year, while the number visited to establish compliance with orders issued, or to enforce the law, was increased over 57 per cent and the number of accidents specially investigated over 100 per cent. TENEMENT MANUFACTURE. There is a decrease in the number of tenement house inspections, for the reason that comparatively little attention has been given to that phase of our work, beyond the point of dealing with applications for licenses. It is proper, however, to call attention to the fact that in addition to the matters *Two cases pending on appeal. |