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the Borough Council, and shall send a copy of his Annual Report or
so much of it as deals with those matters to the Secretary of State;
and give written notice to H.M. Inspector for the district of any
factory coming to his knowledge in which no abstract of the Act is
affixed in accordance with the Act.
The following Sections are enforceable by the Council in factories
where mechanical power in not used, viz.:—
Section 1—Maintenance of cleanliness, including the daily
removal of dirt and refuse from floors, benches, staircases, &c.,
and the cleaning and washing of floors, walls and partitions.
Section 2—Prevention of overcrowding.
Section 3—Maintenance of a reasonable temperature.
Section 4—Maintenance of adequate ventilation.
Section 6—Provision for draining off the wet where any
process is carried on which renders the flooring liable to be wet.
Section 8 requires the local authority to keep a register of
premises, whilst Section 110 empowers duties in connection with
lists of outworkers.
Section 7—Provision of sufficient and suitable sanitary
conveniences and is enforceable by the Council in all factories.
Section 54 provides that a basement bakehouse shall not be
used as a bakehouse unless it was so used at the date of the passing
of the Act, and a certificate of suitability had been issued by the
Council, nor can it be used where there has been a break of user
for twelve months. Every basement bakehouse which has a
certificate must be inspected in the year beginning at the date of
the commencement of the Act and in every fifth succeeding year
after that year, and upon the results of such inspection the
certificate may be revoked or continued.
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
The Borough Council issues an advisory leaflet on the eradication
of rats and mice, and rat poisons may be purchased from the Public
Health Department. Upon request, the Council sends an employee,
who lays poison baits at infested premises on three separate occasions,
for the sum of ten shillings. The services of a firm of professional
rat catchers are engaged to deal with any specially infested areas.