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Statutory Rules and Orders, 1908.
No. 89.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP.—Sanitary Accommodation.
The Sanitavy Accommodation Order of 4th February, 1908.
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 should 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—
(a) in factories or workshops where the number of males employed or in
attendance exceeds 100, and sufficient urinal accommodation is also
provided, it shall be sufficient if there is one sanitary convenience for every
25 males up to the first 100, and one for every 40 after;
(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 work-room
except through the open air or through an intervening ventilated space ; provided
that in workrooms in use prior to 1st 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 arrranged
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 other
sex have to work or pass ; and, if the conveniences for one sex adjoin those of the
other sex the approaches shall be separate.
6. This order shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 1903.
7. This order may be referred to as the Sanitary Accommodation Order of
4th February, 1908.
A. Akers Douglas,
One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office, Whitehall,
4th February, 1903.