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25. It shall be the duty of the sanitary authority for each sanitary
district to enforce within that district the provisions of this part of this
Act, and for that purpose the san tary authorities shall have all the
rights and powers and be subject to all the liabilities and obligations
conferred or imposed upon them by sections 101, 115, 116, 117, 118,
119, 121, 124, 125, 127, 128, 133 and 135 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, and those sections shall apply and have effect in respect of
this part of this Act, as if they were expressly re-enacted in and in terms
made applicable to this part of this Act.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP LEGISLATION.
The following order relating to the cubic air space to be provided in
bakehouses was issued by the Secretary of State and came into force
on the 1st January, 1904:—
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
HEALTH.
ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, dated December 30th, 1903,
modifying the Proportion of Cubic Feet of Space to be provided in certain Bakehouses.
In pursuance of the power conferred on me by sub-section (2) of section 3 of the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, I hereby direct that the proportion of cubic
feet of space to each person employed prescribed in sub-section (1) of the said
section shall be modified.
(1) As regards UNDERGROUND BAKEHOUSES by substituting
"five hundred cubic feet of space to every person "for" two hundred
and fifty cubic feet of space to every person";and
(2) As regards bakehouses (other than such as are underground)
where Work is carried on at night by artificial
light other than electric light by substituting in respect
of the period between nine in the evening and six in the succeeding morning
"four hundred cubic feet of space to every person" for "two hundred
and fifty cubic feet of space to every person."
This order shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1904.
A. AKERS-DOUGLAS.
One of His Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State.
Home Office, Whitehall,
30th December, 1903.