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but it would so obviously facilitate the discharge of their duty by the
Sanitary Authority to have such lists sent to them, that the Secretary
of State might well be asked to direct the Factory Inspector to supply
the Sanitary Authority with duplicate lists of outworkers.]
'Notification of the Employment of "Protected Persons."—The
Medical Officer of Health is required to give notice to
the Factory Inspector, forthwith, of every woman, young person and
child, of whose employment in a workshop he becomes aware. These
"expressions" have the following meanings:—
"Child" means a person under the age of fourteen years.
"Young Person" means a person over fourteen and under
eighteen years.
"Woman" means a woman over eighteen years of age.
'Notice to the Sanitary Authority by the Factory
Inspector.—In order to facilitate the discharge of the duties of the
Sanitary Authority with respect to workshops, as above set out, the
Factory Inspector is required to send to the said Authority all notices
received by him from persons commencing to occupy any place as a
workshop. Any place, in this Parish, so notified, is forthwith inspected,
and if women are employed therein the workshop is duly
entered in the register. The section applies equally to the case of
workshops where men only are employed.
'After January 1st, 1896, the occupiers of all existing workshops
who have not already notified their occupation of the same to the
Factory Inspector, will have to do so before the end of the year,
under a penalty of five pounds for default. All notices sent to
the Factory Inspector under this section will have to be forwarded
forthwith to the Sanitary Authority of the district in which the
workshop is situated.
'Power of Entry.—The Sanitary Authority by their officers
have power to enter any premises, including a factory, workshop, or
workplace, between the hours of six a.m. and nine p.m., and in the
case of a nuisance arising in respect of any business, the power of
entry may be exercised at any hour when the business is in progress
or is usually carried on.
'Penalties for Offences.— In every case above referred to, the
exercise of the power of the Sanitary Authority is facilitated by the
enactment of fines for disobedience to their orders.
'The Register.—It may be mentioned that there are upon the
Register at the present time (i.e. December, 1895) 640 workshops in
which women are employed, viz., dressmakers and ladies' tailors 363,
laundries 238, and miscellaneous 30. The number of workshops where
men only are employed is unknown, save as to bakehouses, of which
there are in the Parish some 130.'
Factory and
Workshop Act,
1891. sec. 3 (3)
Publ'c Health
(London) Act,
1891, sec. 27.
Factory and
Workshop Act,
1878, sec, 96.
Factory and
Workshop Act,
1891, sec. 26.
Factory and
Workshop Act,
1895, sec- 41.
Public Health
(London) Act,
189 , secs. 10
and 141.