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Poplar 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Shops Acts, 1912 and 1913 (see page 212).
The Home Work Order of the 20th January, 1913 (No. 91).
In pursuance of Sections 107, 108, and 110 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, the Secretary of State made an order relating
to the following classes of work:—
1. The making or filling of Cosaques, Christmas Crackers,
Christmas Stockings or similar articles or parts thereof,
and any work incidental thereto.
2. The weaving of any textile fabric, and any process
incidental thereto.
Order of the Secretary of State, dated May 21, 1913, extending
Special Exception:—Employment at Night of Male Young
Persons of 16 years and upwards (No. 565).
Special exception by which a male young person may be employed
during the night shall extend, so far as regards young persons of the age
of 16 years and upwards, to the factories or parts thereof in which is
carried on the process of Galvanising Sheet Metal and Wire.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, Amendment Bill.
A Bill to amend the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, by reducing
the period of employment in cotton factories to forty-eight hours per
week.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, Amendment (No. 2) Bill.
A Bill to regulate Night Employment and to prohibit Week-end
Employment in certain Factories and Workshops.
Underground Workrooms Bill. (H.L.)
A Bill intituled an Act to make better provision for the protection
of the Health of Persons employed in Underground Workrooms.