TABLE No. 1-INSPECTIONS MADE BY BUREAU OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN-SHOWING NATURE OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND NUMBER OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN EMPLOYED TABLE No. 1-INSPECTIONS MADE BY BUREAU OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN SHOWING NATURE OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND NUMBER OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN EMPLOYED-Continued 105 Cities. -Number of retail mercantile, millinery, dressmaking and restaurant establishments inspected in Minneapolis is incomplete as a census of such places. TABLE No. 2-DAILY AND WEEKLY HOURS OF WORK OF WOMEN EMPLOYED IN ESTABLISHMENTS INSPECTED BY BUREAU -Indicates violation, either real or hypothetical. The law passed which regulates the hours of women, Chapter 581, General Laws 1913, applies only in cities of the first and second class in manufacturing mechanical, mercantile, telephone and telegraph establishments, and restaurants. A very recent opinion from the Attorney General states that this law of 1913 does not repeal the former law of 1909, Chapter 499, in its application throughout the remainder of the State to women employed in mercantile, manufacturing and mechanical establishments. SUMMARY OF VIOLATIONS OF THE WEEKLY HOUR LAW BASED ON TABLE NO. 2. Manufacturing establishments in cities of the first and second class exceeding 54-hour limit. 915 In other districts of the state exceeding 60-hour limit. Mercantile establishments throughout the state exceeding 58-hour limit 237 831 Restaurants in cities of the first and second class exceeding 58-hour limit 348 Telephone and telegraph establishments in cities of the first and second class exceeding 54-hour limit. 4 Total 2,335 |
