that upon such inspection such boilers have been found to comply with the rules of the board and to be in a safe condition. Under this provision of law, an insurance company has no right to issue a certificate for the operation of a steam boiler until the provisions of the Boiler Code are fully complied with. Control Over Certificate Issued In order that all requirements of the Law and Code may be properly enforced, the Department of Labor should have complete control relative to the issuance of boiler inspection certificates and all certificates should be issued by the Division of Boiler Inspection. This procedure is in existence in several other States and seems to operate in most satisfactory manner. With each report of an internal inspection filed by an authorized insurance company, a fee of one dollar is paid for the certificate of inspection. Some method of this kind is very necessary in order that the State shall have proper records and a check on all boilers inspected, and those not in use or discarded. Many boilers are reported by the State inspectors as insured, although there are no current reports of inspection by an authorized insurance company on file in our office. This is due, in most instances, to an oversight on the part of the insurance companies in failing to file the report. If the certificate of inspection were issued by the State Department of Labor, this condition would be rectified. It would be possible to insist on a full compliance with the provisions of the law and code. before the certificate is issued. To do this, it would require an additional force, but the revenue derived from the fee of one dollar would provide for the cost of the additional force necessary. Additional Inspectors There is a steady increase in the number of boilers requiring inspection. The number would be further increased, if we had the force and the time that would enable us to cover the boilers not reported for inspection. The present force of inspectors is not sufficient to enable us to make the annual internal and external inspections required by law. Compliance visits should be made where major repairs have been ordered. We are unable to make these compliance visits at the present time and the Division has to take the word of the owner of the boiler that he has complied with the orders issued. The certificate of inspection is then issued. In many cases the owners have reported that the boiler had been repaired, when it had not been. The failure of the owner to comply with the orders was revealed when the boiler was again inspected. It is very evident that any appliance as hazardous as a steam boiler should be carefully and properly inspected as required by law, and such compliance visits should be made as would seem justifiable, considering the nature of the orders issued. It is, therefore, recommended that the necessary force required to properly perform this work be provided. PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY On April 1, 1922, chapter 405 of the Laws of 1922, relating to places of public assembly, became effective. The act defines a place of public assembly as follows: "Place of public assembly' means a place maintained, rented or leased for pecuniary gain, where one hundred or more persons may assemble for amusement or recreation." The act requires that the Industrial Board shall provide rules which shall constitute the "State Standard Building Code" for the construction and equipment of places of public assembly, and further provides that "all places of public assembly as hereinbefore defined, shall be so constructed, equipped and maintained as to provide reasonable and adequate protection to the lives, health and safety of all persons employed or assembled therein." On and after October 1, 1922, every place of public assembly must have a certificate of compliance before it can be legally operated. The Industrial Commissioner shall enforce the provisions of the Article and the State Standard Building Code, except that in cities, towns and villages where there is a department, board or officer charged with the enforcement of building laws or ordinances, such department, board or officers shall enforce the provisions of the law and the State Standard Building Code. The State police are to do the inspecting outside of cities, in localities having no code or enforcing officer. The Bureau of Inspection of the Department of Labor is charged with the enforcement in cities. having no building code or enforcing officer. It is provided that the Industrial Commissioner shall inquire into the administration and enforcement of the provisions of the law and code by all public officers charged with the duty of enforcement. This work has been begun by the Bureau of Inspection. All state, city, town and village authorities have been notified of the requirements of this law. There is on file at the office of the Bureau of Inspection a complete indexed record of places of public assembly in the State of New York coming under the law. This information has been obtained with the aid of the State police, the city authorities, who will enforce the law in their localities, and our own inspection force. All enforcing officers have been furnished with the standard inspection forms and certificate of compliance forms, which forms have been approved by the Industrial Commissioner. All the necessary steps have been taken to apply the provisions of this law, pending the adoption of the State Standard Building Code. JAMES L. GERNON, Director, Bureau of Inspection. STATISTICS OF INSPECTION (Compiled by the Office of the Chief Statistician) Factory Inspection 1. Work of factory inspectors. 2. 3. Work of factory inspectors in year ended June 30, 1922, by supervising districts. Compliances with orders reported by the Division of Factory Inspection in year ended 4. Orders issued by the Division of Factory Inspection in year ended June 30, 1922. 5-A. Prosecutions for violations of the Labor Law in factories. 5-B. Prosecutions for violations of the Labor Law in factories (concluded). 6. 8. Children found illegally employed in factories in year ended June 30, 1922. 7. Children for whom proof of age was demanded in factories in year ended June 30, 1922. Children found at prohibited employment in factories in year ended June 30, 1922. Children 14 to 16 years of age found employed in factories in year ended June 30, 1922. 10. Complaints, alleging violations of the Labor Law in factories, investigated in year ended June 30, 1922. 9. 11. 12. Illegal hours and prohibited employment of women and minors in factories in year ended June 30, 1922. Violations of day-of-rest law in factories in year ended June 30, 1922. Homework Inspection 13. 14. 15. 16. 3345 17. Work of homework inspectors. Licensing of tenements in year ended June 30, 1922. Registers of outside workers. Permits to factory owners to send work to tenements in year ended June 30, 1922. Orders issued by the Division of Homework Inspection and reported compliances therewith in year ended June 30, 1922. 18. Children found illegally employed in licensed tenement living rooms in year ended June 30, 19. 1922. Prosecutions for violations of the Labor Law in tenement houses. Orders issued by the Division of Mercantile Inspection in year ended June 30, 1922. Compliances with orders reported by the Division of Mercantile Inspection in year ended June 30, 1922. Prosecutions for violations of the Labor Law in mercantile establishments. Children found illegally employed in mercantile establishments in year ended June 30, 1922. Children for whom proof of age was demanded in mercantile establishments in year ended June 30, 1922. Children 14 to 16 years of age found employed in mercantile establishments. Illegal hours of women and male minors and prohibited employment of female minors in mercantile establishments in year ended June 30, 1922. Violations of day-of-rest law in mercantile establishments in year ended June 30, 1922. Complaints, alleging violation of the Labor Law in mercantile establishments, investigated. Industrial Diseases Cases of industrial disease reported to Department of Labor under section 206 of the Labor Law in eleven years. Number of special inspections (with or without orders). 15,378 595 147 Number of building surveys.. Number of special investigations. 2,161 1,142 Number of employees at time of inspection. 778,891 Number of compliance visits.. 487,419 1,266,310 1,350,753 65,032 105,897 * Includes visits to non-manufacturing establishments found in buildings apparently used for factory purposes. Table 2 WORK OF FACTORY INSPECTORS IN YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1922, BY SUPERVISING DISTRICTS FIRST INSPECTION DISTRICT Number of factory information calls t 734 635 608 590 2,567 12,172 11,302 7,092 36,480 * See Table 10, which shows the number of communications alleging violation of the Labor Law in factories, and the number and classification of items contained in the complaints. Includes visits to non-manufacturing establishments found in buildings apparently used for factory purposes. |