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In addition to the above, a domestic workshop was
notified to H.M. Inspector in 1907. A domestic workshop,
it may be explained, is one in which the persons employed
are members of the same family dwelling there. Such workshops
(unless the work carried on is one that has been certified
by the Secretary of State as dangerous) are exempted
from the special provisions as to means of ventilation, &c.,
but are otherwise, so far as sanitary conditions are concerned,
to be treated as workshops.
It should be noted that the above table does not include
all the workshops newly registered in 1907, but only those in
which women, young persons or children were employed, and
in which no abstract of the Factory Act was affixed in
accordance with the Act.
Section 131 of the Act places the Statutory obligation on
the Local Authority to keep a register of all workshops
situated within its district. This register is kept in the form
of a card-register, which has been found more convenient
than a book-register. Such workshop has a special card with
all particulars recorded thereon.
Sanitary Condition of Workshops.
The Local Authority is the authority responsible for the
sanitary condition of the workshops and workplaces in its
district. Sanitary conditions include (a) cleanliness, (b) air
space, (c) ventilation, (d) drainage of floors, and (e) provision
of sanitary accommodation. For these purposes the provisions
of the Public Health Act relating to nuisances apply
to all workshops and workplaces, supplemented by certain
additional provisions in the Factory Act.
(a) Cleanliness.—Every workshop and workplace must
be kept in a cleanly state and free from effluvia. Speaking
generally, the condition of the workshops in Battersea as
regards cleanliness may be said to be satisfactory. In more
than 25 per cent. of the workshops in the Borough dressmaking
or millinery is the work carried on, and cleanliness