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(b) In factories or workshops where the number of males
employed or in attendance exceeds 500, and the
District Inspector of Factories certifies in writing
that by means of a check system, or otherwise, proper
supervision and control in regard to the use of the
conveniences are exercised by officers specially
appointed for that purpose it shall be sufficient if one
sanitary convenience is provided for every 60 males,
in addition to sufficient urinal accommodation. Any
certificate given by an Inspector shall be kept
attached to the general register, and shall be liable
at any time to be revoked by notice in writing from
the Inspector.
In calculating the number of conveniences required by
this order, any odd number of persons less than 25, 40, or 60,
as the case may be, shall be reckoned as 25, 40, or 60.
2. Every sanitary convenience shall be kept in a cleanly
state, shall be sufficiently ventilated and lighted, and shall
not communicate with any workroom except through the
open air or through an intervening ventilated space: provided
that in workrooms in use prior to Ist January, 1903, and
mechanically ventilated in such manner that air cannot be
drawn into the workroom through the sanitary convenience,
an intervening ventilated space shall not be required.
3. Every sanitary convenience shall be under cover and
so partitioned off as to secure privacy, and if for the use of
females shall have a proper door and fastenings.
4. The sanitary conveniences in a factory or workshop
shall be so arranged and maintained as to be conveniently
accessible to all persons employed therein at all times during
their employment.
5. Where persons of both sexes are employed, the conveniences
for each sex shall be so placed or so screened that
the interior shall not be visible, even when the door of any
convenience is open, from any place where persons of the