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means for draining floors where wet processes are carried on, are enforced
by the council in factories in which mechanical power is not used. The
provisions of section 7 are also applied to certain building operations
and works of engineering construction, etc.
A local authority is required to keep a register of factories with
respect to which it is responsible for the enforcement of any of the
provisions mentioned above. Close cooperation is maintained with HM
Inspectors of Factories in that any defaults found by them during the
course of their visits and for which it is the duty of the local authority
to secure that remedial measures are taken, are notified to the health
department. Similarly the public health inspectors notify HM Inspectors
of any contraventions of the provisions of the Act which come within
their jurisdiction. HM Inspectors also forward to the health department
details relating to the establishment of new factories, the introduction
of mechanical power and other information which may come to their
notice and which appears to affect factories subject to the control of
the local authority.
Special attention is paid to factories which provide canteens.
These factories are visited by the council's food inspectors and the
opportunity is taken to discuss with the canteen staff the various requirements
needed to maintain a good standard in food hygiene.
The medical officer of health is required in his annual report to the
local authority to report specifically on the administration of, and
furnish prescribed particulars with respect to, the matters under
part I (factories) and part VIII (outworkers) which are administered
by the local authority. Details follow:—