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" In pursuance of Section 9 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
the accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences provided in a
factory or workshop shall be deemed to be sufficient and suitable within
the meaning of the said section if the following conditions are complied
with and not otherwise:—
"1. In factories or workshops where females are employed or in
attendance there shall be one sanitary convenience for every 25 females.
"2. In factories or workshops where males are employed or in
attendance there shall be one sanitary convenience for every 25 males;
provided that—
"(a) In factories or workshops where the number of males
employed or in attendance exceeds 100, and sufficient urinal
accommodation is also provided, it shall be sufficient if there
is one sanitary convenience for every 25 males up to the
first 100, and one for every 40 after;
"(b) In factories or workshops where the number of males employed
. or in attendance exceeds 500, and the District Inspector of
Factories certifies in writing that by means of a check
system, or otherwise, proper supervision and control in
regard to the use of the conveniences are exercised by
officers specially appointed for that purpose, it shall be
sufficient if one sanitary convenience is provided for every
60 males, in addition to sufficient urinal accommodation.
Any certificate given by an Inspector shall be kept attached
to the general register, and shall be liable at any time to be
revoked by notice in writing from the Inspector.
"3. Ever y sanitary convenience shall be kept in a cleanly state, shall
be sufficiently ventilated and lighted, and shall not communicate with
any work-room, except through the open air or through an intervening
ventilated space.
"4. Every sanitary convenience shall have a proper door and
fastenings, and be so enclosed as to secure privacy.
"5. The sanitary conveniences in a factory or workshop shall be
so arranged and maintained as to be conveniently accessible to all
persons employed therein at all times during their employment.
"6. Where persons of both sexes are employed the conveniences
provided for each sex shall be completely separate with separate
screened approaches."
Legal proceedings were taken in three instances, but one set of premises
was the subject of two summonses, viz., to cleanse a ground-floor workshop
and to properly ventilate an underground workshop. In these
cases orders were made by the magistrate, and were complied with.
The third summons was to provide separate w.c. accommodation for