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are small laundries, of which there arc 32 on the register. In one
instance it has been necessary to advise more adequate drainage.
(e) Provision of Suitable and Sufficient Sanitary Conveniences.-
In respect to this matter we have again found it necessary to take considerable
action. Speaking of small workshops it must be said in
the first place that the sanitary conveniences are situated in the
back yards near the workshops as a rule, and do not gain in
suitability on that account; in the second place, they were constructed
for the use of the residents in the house, at one time a
single family, and latterly several families living on the tenement
system, and now have to serve also as the sanitary convenience for
the workshop. Consequently we may have one sanitary convenience,
not infrequently ill-situated, acting for the house and workshop.
This is undesirable, bnt it is impracticable in many cases to arrange
otherwise.
In not a few cases the difficulty is due to the fact that whole
floors of, or rooms in, large buildings are let out without reference
to, or arrangements for, sanitary convenience accommodation as
regards the separation of sexes. In large firms owning entire
buildings there is generally ample provision.
In enforcing Section 9 of the Act we have not been without
difficulties, which are not lessened by the facts that many of the
industries in these small workshops are seasonal, and that the trade
is occasionally in the hands of one family. both sons and daughters
working in the workshop. The standard we have used is that
contained in the Order of the Home Office (February 4th, 1903)—
The Sanitary Accommodation Order of 4th February, 1903.
In pursuance of Section 9 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
I hereby determine that the accommodation in the way of sanitary
conveniences provided in a factory or workshop shall be deemed to be
sufficient and suitable within the meaning of the said section if the
following conditions are complied with and not otherwise :—
1. In factories or workshops where females are employed or in
attendance there shall be one sanitary convenience for every 25
females.
In factories or workshops where males are employed or in attendance
there shall be one sanitary convenience for every 25 males : provided
that—