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and 42 Vict., cap. 16) relating to cleanliness, ventilation, and
overcrowding, and
(i.) Is not kept in a cleanly state and free from effluvia
arising from any drain, privy, earth closet, water
closet, urinal, or other nuisance, or
(ii.) Is not ventilated in such a manner as to render
harmless any gases, vapours, dust, or other impurities
generated in the course of the work carried
on therein that are a nuisance or injurious or
dangerous to health, or
(iii.) Is so overcrowded while work is carried on as to be
injurious to the health of those employed therein,
shall be a nuisance liable to be dealt with summarily under
this Act.
Sec. 25 (1), for the limewasbing and washing of workshops
when certified by the officers of the authority to be necessary.
(2) For the same in factorios not subject to the Factory
Acts.
Sec. 26 (1) For securing cleanliness, ventilation, and other
sanitary conditions in bakehouses which are workshops.
(2) Powers of entry into bakehouses to the same extent as for
nuisances, with penalty for any refusal to admit.
Sec. 27, Notice by the Medical Officer of Health to the
inspector of factories of any employment of women, young
persons and children which the Medical Officer may become
aware of.
Sec. 38 (1) for the provision of sufficient and suitable watercloset
accommodation in factories and workshops.
(2) For enforcing the provision of such accommodation with
special penalties for non-conpliance.
The powers of entry are those conferred in Sec. 115 of this Act.
It is to be noted that under Sec. 38, the local authority
can initiate action in a factory without waiting for the factory
inspector to call attention to the want of accommodation, which
would presuppose that the local authority has power to inspect
factories for this purpose.
The Factory and Workshop Act, 1895, extends and modifies
the powers under the Public Health Act, in the following
particulars