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Factories. Defects Remedied.
Sanitary accommodation—Insufficient 1
Unsuitable or defective 1
Workrooms cleansed or repaired 8
Ventilation improved 2
Thermometer provided 1
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FACTORY ACT, 1937.
The new Factory Act, 1937, came into operation on the
1st July, 1938. It made certain changes, which niay be briefly
summarised as follows:—
(1) All workplaces affected bv the new Act are now termed
Factories.
(2) It contains provisions assigning to Local Authorities a
share in the enforcement of certain general requirements
relating to cleanliness, overcrowding, temperature,
ventilation, drainage of floors and sanitary
conveniences.
The general rule that every Factory shall be kept in a clean
state is supplemented by two new definite requirements:—
(a) Accumulations of dirt and refuse must be removed daily
from floors and benches of workrooms and from the
staircases and passages.
(b) The floor of every workroom must be cleaned at least
once a week by washing or, if it is effective and suitable,
by sweeping or other methods.
Further—
(c) The provisions as to cleaning or whitewashing or colour
washing walls and tops of rooms, passages and staircases
at least once in every 14 months are modernised
and made more precise.
The first essential was the appointment of the District Sanitary
Inspectors as Inspectors for the purposes of the Factories Acts.