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tive County of London, the London County Council takes the place
of the Sanitary Authority.
Section 22 sub-section (1). Makes laundries subject to the Factory
Acts; those in which " steam, water, or other mechanical power" is
used being classed as factories, and the others as workshops.
(2) In the case of every laundry worked by steam, water or other
mechanical power—
(a) A fan or other means of a proper construction shall be
provided, maintained and used for regulating the temperature in
every ironing-room, and for carrying away the steam in every
wash-house in the laundry; and
(b) All stoves for heating irons shall be sufficiently separated
from any ironing-room, and gas irons emitting any noxious fumes
shall not be used : and
(c) The floors shall be kept in good condition and drained in
such manner as will allow the water to flow freely.
A laundry in which these provisions are contravened shall be
deemed to be a factory not kept in conformity with the principal Act.
By sub-section (3) there are certain exemptions as to laundries
being made subject to this Act; among the exceptions is any laundry
in which the only persons employed are members of the same family
dwelling there, or in which not more than two persons dwelling elsewhere
are employed. Exemption is also made with respect to
laundries in certain public institutions and in institutions, conducted
for charitable purposes.
Sub-section (4) imposes certain restrictions as to women working
overtime in laundries.
Section (23) extends to docks, wharfs, quays and warehouses, and