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Factories, Workshops and Workplaces
The provisions of the Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948 are
administered by H.M. Inspector of Factories of the Ministry of
Labour and National Service, in conjunction with the local sanitary
authority. Close co-operation is maintained between the two, and
defaults found in the course of visits to factories are notified
between one and the other according to the body responsible for
remedial measures.
The principal duties of the sanitary authority are the
enforcement of Sections 1, 2, 3. 4, 6 and 7 of the Factories Act,
1937, insofar as non-power factories are concerned, and Section 7
only in respect of power factories.
The requirements of these sections may be summarised as follows:-
Section 1
Every factory to be kept clean, and free from any effluvia
arising from any drain, sanitary convenience or nuisance, and lays
down the frequency with which cleansing must be undertaken.
Section 2
A factory shall not be so overcrowded as to cause risk of injury
to health of the persons employed therein.
Section 3
Effective provision to be made for securing and maintaining a
reasonable temperature in each work-room.
Section 4
Effective and suitable provision for securing and maintaining
adequate ventilation of each work-room, and for rendering harmless
all fumes, dust and other impurities generated in the course of any
work.
Section 6
Effective drainage of floors where wet processes are carried on.