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The hours of labour and conditions of employment in workshops
are regulated by the Factory Act of 1901, which is administered
by H.M. Factory Inspectors. The hours of work for children
and for young persons under eighteen years of age are strictly
limited in both classes of workshop, also the hours for women in
registered workshops, but in domestic workshops the labour of
women is entirely unrestricted, and they may work day or night,
Sundays and weekdays, if they so desire.
The labour of men in all classes of workshops is also entirely
unrestricted.
The ventilation and cleanliness of all kinds of workshops, and
the number, position, and sufficiency of the sanitary conveniences
are under the control of the Borough Councils. In addition the
Borough Council may prohibit the giving out of work to be done
in any place which is injurious or dangerous to the health of the
persons employed therein.
If any inmate of a house is suffering from any notifiable
infectious disease, the Council may (whether the patient has
been removed from the house or not) prohibit the giving out of
work to any person living or working in that house.
OUTWORKERS.
Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, Section 107.
In the case of persons employed in certain classes of work, the
occupier of every factory or workshop, &c., is required to keep
in the prescribed form and manner a list of all persons employed
by him, either as workman or contractor, in the business of the
factory or workshop outside the factory or workshop, also the
places where they are employed.
The occupier must forward copies of these lists to the Factory
Isspector and to the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough
Council of the district in which the factory or workshop is
situated.