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Note.—Machinery may be used for any of the above purposes,
but so long as this is driven by animal power
and not by "mechanical" power, the above description
holds good. The Factory Acts do not apply
(except where so stated), to workshops in which
neither children, yonng persons nor women are employed.
The expression "Factory'' includes any premises wherein trades factory.
-are carried on as above, but where Steam, Gas, Water, or Electrical
"power " drives the machinery used in the manufacturing processes
carried on therein. Also certain scheduled trades, which are treated
as Factories whether "mechanical" power be used or not; these are
Print Works.
Bleaching and Dyeing Works.
Earthenware Works.
Lucifer Match Works.
Percussion Cap Works.
Cartridge Works.
Paper Staining Works.
Fustian Cutting Works.
Blast Eurnaces.
Copper Mills.
Iron Mills.
Foundries.
Paper Mills.
Glass Works.
Tobacco Works.
Letterpress Printing Works.
Bookbinding Works.
Flax Scutch Mills.
laundry,
Factory Act
1895, Sec. 22.
Note.—All the works printed in italics are carried on in Bethnal
Green.
The word "Laundry" is not defined in the Acts, but it is usually
understood to mean a place where woven fabrics are cleansed or
washed, or "got up'' or prepared for use or sale.
Hitherto all Laundries have been "Workplaces" only, and excluded
from the operation of the Factory Acts, but after this year
All such as:—
(a) Are carried on for purposes of gain, or by way of trade,
will be regulated by special rules under section 22 of the
1895 Act.
(b) Prison, School, Institution, and Private Laundries will
still be considered workplaces, as also will small Laundry
Businesses, where only two workpeople, other than the
family of the proprietor are employed.