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and Sewers was withdrawn, but is included in the measures of
1896 in an altered form.
The Factories and Workshops Bill, the sole survivor of the
proposed Sanitary Legislation of the Session 1895, passed
through the various stages and became law.
The following memorandum was issued by the Chief
Inspector of Factories, and the Vestry's staff has been
working with the Inspectors as suggested therein. The passing
of the Act has entailed considerable additional work on the
Sanitary Department.
MEMORANDUM.
For the various Acts to have the beneficial effect desired, it
is absolutely necessary that there should be thorough co-operation
between the Sanitary Authorities and H.M. Inspectors of
Factories, and with that object in view I have requested H.M.
Inspectors to have a conference with each Medical Officer in
their respective districts. The administration of the sanitary
provisions relating to workshops was transferred to the Local
Authorities with the intention of relieving the Factory Inspectors
to a great extent of the inspection of workshops so far as sanitary
matters are concerned. By section 26, 1891, notices of the
opening of new workshops, and by section 41, 1895, of all workshops,
have to be sent to the Inspector of Factories, and when
he receives such notices he is required to forthwith forward them
to the Sanitary Authority of the district in which the workshop
is situate.
A very large proportion of workshops, especially in the boot
and shoe trade, only employ men, and the Medical Officer of
Health is required by section 3 (1891), whenever he becomes
aware of any child, young person, or woman being employed in
a workshop, forthwith to give written notice thereof to the
Factory Inspector of the district. If in the course of his inspections
the Inspector of Factories observes that any of the