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vision should be made for heating by open grates or stoves, with proper
chimney exit, or by hot-air or water pipes, and that in the latter case
efficient ventilation should be provided." This suggestion was embodied
in an amendment laid before the Committee, but, like many other
amendments, it had to be withdrawn in order that the measure might
become law before the dissolution of the late Parliament.]
' Sanitary Conveniences.—It is the duty of the Sanitary
Authority to enforce the provision of suitable and sufficient accommodation
in the way of sanitary conveniences, regard being had to the
number of persons employed or in attendance at the factory, workshop,
or workplace. Where persons of both sexes are, or are intended to be,
employed or in attendance, proper separate accommodation must be
provided for persons of each sex. And, "where it appears to a Sanitary
Authority that this section is not complied with in the case of any
factory, workshop, or workplace, the Sanitary Authority shall serve
a notice on the owner or occupier and if the person served
with such notice fail to comply therewith, he shall be liable to a fine
not exceeding twenty pounds, and to a fine not exceeding forty
shillings for every day after conviction, during which the non-com
pliance continues."
'Outworkers.-The Order of the Secretary of State with
regard to outworkers, requires the occupier of every place from
which wearing apparel, or the raw material of certain other trades
is given out to be made or manufactured, to keep a list of outworkers
Such lists are to be open to the inspection of any officer of the
Sanitary Authority, so that the places where the outworkers reside
may be visited, in order to see that they are in a proper sanitary
condition. The importance of the duty thus devolving upon the
Sanitary Authority has been augmented by a provision in the Act of
1895, Sec. 6, whereby it is enacted that the occupier of a factory,
workshop or laundry, or any place from which wearing apparel is
given out to be made, cleaned or repaired, shall be liable to a fine of
ten pounds for knowingly sending such apparel or material to any
building or dwelling-house where there is a case of scarlet fever or
small-pox. The Vestry recommended that the words, "or any other
dangerous infectious disease" should be added after "small-pox,"
but they were not incorporated in the Act.
['It may be mentioned that after the 1st January, 1896,
the lists of outworkers will have to be sent to the Factory Inspector,
on March 1st and September 1st, by the occupier of a factory or
workshop, or any place from which work is given out. The Vestry
desired that duplicates of such lists should be required to be sent to
the Sanitary Authority of the district in which the factory or workshop
is situated. No provision to this effect is to be found in the Act.
Public Health
London Act,
1891, sec. 38.
Factory and
Workshop Act,
1891, sec. 27,
amended by the
Factory and
Workshop Act,
1895, sec. 42.
Order of the
Secretary of
State. Nov , 189a
Factory and
Workshop Act,
1895, sec. 6.
Factory and
Workshop Act,
1891, sec. 27.
Factory and
Worksnop Act,
1895, sec. 42.