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Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
The Factory and Workshop Act came into force at the beginning
of 1902, and in consequence a number of additional duties
devolved on the Borough Council. The Act has been amended in
1907 in matters relating to laundries, and a Bill is now before Parliament
to amend the Act relating to underground workrooms and
workplaces. Section 32 of the Act directs that the Medical Officer
of Health shall every year report specifically on the administration of
the Act in workshops and workplaces in the district under his supervision,
and transmit a copy to the Secretary of State for the Home
Department. In this part of the Annual Report will be found
everything which has concerned the Health Department in relation
to factories, workshops and workplaces. The only exceptions are
restaurant kitchens and milk shops, which are more appropriately
included in the section of the Report dealing with the protection of
the food supply.

Factories.
Factories include all places in which mechanical power is used
in aid of the manufacturing processes.