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officer of health, or that other reasonable precautions shall be
adopted.
(3.) In any case of urgency the powers conferred on the district
council by this section may be exercised by any two or more
members of the council acting on the advice of the medical officer
of health.
(4.) If any occupier or contractor on whom an order under this
section has been served contravenes the provisions of the order, he
shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
(5.) The infectious diseases to which this section applies are the
infectious diseases required to be notified under the Infectious
Diseases (Notification) Acts, 1889 and 1899, and the work to
which this section applies is the making, cleaning, and repairing
of wearing apparel, and such other classes of work as may be
specified by the Secretary of State by order made in accordance
with section sixty-five of the principal Act.
Sec. 11.—(1.) The notice in writing mentioned in section five of
the Act of 1895 (relating to the employment of persons in places
injurious to health) shall not be given by an inspector, but may
be given by the district council within whose district the place in
which the work is carried on is situate.
Sec. 13.—The district council shall give notice of the provisions
of the Factory Acts relating to domestic factories and workshops by
the publication of the prescribed abstract or otherwise as the
Secretary of State may direct.
Sec. 14.—The power of entry conferred by subsection two of
section three of the Act of 1891 with respect to workshops shall
extend to every workplace within the meaning of section ninetyone
of the Public Health Act, 1875.
Sec. 15.—(1.) In every room in any factory or workshop sufficient
means of ventilation shall be provided and sufficient ventilation
shall be maintained.
(2.) In any room in a factory or workshop in which any process
is carried on which renders the floor liable to be wet, adequate
means shall be provided for draining off the wet.