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Factory Act,
1895, Sec. 2.
Section 2, under which, on receiving a complaint from an Inspector,
and after being satisfied that the place used as a Workshop, &c., is in
such condition that any manufacturing process or handicraft carried
on therein cannot be so carried on without danger to health, or to
life or limb, a court of summary jurisdiction may by order prohibit the
place from being used for the purpose of that process or handicraft,
until such works have been executed as are in the opinion of the
court necessary to remove the danger; fine during contravention,
forty shillings a day.
Public Health
(London) Act.
Sec.2 (g) and
25.
As previously mentioned it is the duty of the Vestry to deal with
sanitary defects in Workshops, under the Public Health (London)
Act, as nuisances. Should the Vestry neglect, generally, its duties
in this respect the Home Secretary may by order, authorise and
direct a Factory Inspector to take over, during such period as may
be mentioned in the order, the powers, and duties of the Sanitary
Authority with respect, to all Workshops in that particular district,
or any class of them, and the Factory Inspector so authorised is
entitled to recover his expenses from the defaulting Sanitary
Authority.
Factory Act
1875, amended
by Factory
Act 1891, Sec.
26 and Factory
Act 1895, Sec.
41.
After January 1896, the occupiers of all workshops who have not
already given notice of their occupation to the Factory Office will be
required to do so before the end of the year, under a penalty of five
pounds ; all notices sent to the Factory Inspector under this section
must be forwarded forthwith to the Sanitary Authority of the district
in which the workshop is situated. Hitherto when these notices
have been received by me, I have directed the Sanitary Inspectors
to visit the workshop and report to me as to the condition of the
the premises, the sufficiency of the W.C. accommodation, and the
number and sex of the persons employed. Under our new arrangements
the District Inspectors will, I suppose, report these particulars
to the Chief Inspector, who will in turn report to me, so that I can
comply with the clause of the 1891 Factory Act, which requires that:—
If any child, young person or women is employed in a Workshop,
and the Medical Officer of the Sanitary Authority
becomes aware thereof, he shall forthwith give written
notice thereof to the Factory Inspector of the district.
PROTECTED
PERSONS
Factory Act
1891, Sec. 3(3)