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Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts.
Number of certificates applied for 5
„ issued 4
Factory and Workshop Acts.
The Borough Council is the Authority for inspections under the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, to the following extent:—
(i) Factories, defined as being places where mechanical power
is used in connection with any trade process specified in the Act,
etc. In these premises the Borough Council is responsible for
enforcing the requirements as to the provision of suitable and
sufficient sanitary accommodation for the employees, and also for
the enforcing of the special requirements contained in Sections
97-102 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in relation to
factory bakehouses.
(ii) Workshops, defined as being places which are not
factories but where any manual labour is carried on as a trade,
etc. In these premises the Borough Council has power to enforce
the following requirements:—(1) Sanitation (a) Cleanliness, (b)
Air Space, (c) Ventilation, (d) Drainage of floors; (2) Sanitary
Accommodation. To supervise the provision and maintenance of
suitable and sufficient accommodation for persons of each sex
employed, and also the special requirements relating to workshop
bakehouses.
(iii) Workplaces. Although not defined by statute, it has been
held that this term includes any place (not being a factory or
workshop) where people assemble together to do work permanently
of some kind or other, and similar requirements are
enforceable to those in operation for workshops.
(iv) Domestic factories and workshops. These are defined as
private rooms or dwellings where a trade process is carried on by
the members of the families residing therein, and are supervised
in regard to cleanliness and the number of persons working
therein, etc.
Section 132 of the Act of 1901 requires every Medical Officer of
Health in his Annual Report specially to report on the administration
of the Act, and tabulated statements were framed by the Home
Secretary with a view to such reports being made upon uniform lines.
It is the duty of the Borough Council to keep a Register of all Workshops
situated within their district.