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(2) Every sanitary convenience (other than a convenience suitable
merely as a urinal) shall be under cover and so partitioned off
as to secure privacy, and shall have a proper door and fastening.
Urinals shall be so placed or so screened as not to be visible
from other places, whether on or off the site.
(3) The sanitary conveniences shall be so arranged as to be conveniently
accessible to the persons employed at all times while
they are at the site.
(4) This Regulation is without prejudice to the requirements in
section 7(1) of the principal Act that the conveniences shall be
maintained and kept clean, that effective provision shall be
made for lighting the conveniences and that where persons of
both sexes are or are intended to be employed the conveniences
shall afford proper separate accommodation for persons of
each sex.
The Alkali, &c. Works Order, 1966
The discharge of certain noxious or offensive gases from
certain types of work is subject to control under the Alkali, &c.
Works Regulations Act, 1906.
This Order, which came into operation on 1st December, 1966,
applies to England and Wales and makes two minor alterations
both in the list of gases and the schedule of works. The original list
of gases and schedule of works subject to control have been extended
by seven previous Orders made between 1928 and 1963, and control
under the Act of 1906 was extended to smoke, grit and dust by
Section 17 of the Clean Air Act, 1956.
These previous Orders have been revoked and the alterations
they introduced have been consolidated in this Order.
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order, 1966
This Order came into operation on 10th March, 1966 and
exempted the fireplace known as the Hounsell Sawdust Burning
Stove, manufactured by John Hounsell (Engineers) Limited, from
the provisions of Section 11 of the Clean Air Act, 1956, subject to
the following conditions:-
"The fireplace shall be so installed, maintained and operated as to
minimise the emission of smoke, and in any case in accordance with
the manufacturers' instructions. No fuel shall be used other than
wood waste in clean condition".
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area
The tables on pages 224 to 225 summarise, as far as possible,
the sanitary work of the Department; from these it will be seen that
a total of 37,203 houses and premises have been inspected or reinspected
during the year; 1,383 Preliminary and 408 Statutory or
Abatement Notices were served. Registered complaints numbered
5,483.