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SECTION 3
SANITARY INSPECTION
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES
The Council is responsible for enforcing certain provisions of Part I
of the Factory Act, 1937. The relevant sections are as follows:—
section 1.—Cleanliness.
section 2.—Overcrowding.
section 3.—Temperature.
section 4.—Ventilation.
section 6.—Drainage of floors.
section 7.—Sanitary Convenience.
A distinction is drawn between factories where mechanical power is
used and those where mechanical power is not used. The provisions of
sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 have to be enforced by the Council in those
factories without mechanical power, but where mechanical power is used
section 7 only is the responsibility of the Council, the other sections being
enforced by the H.M. Inspectors of Factories.
Section 8 requires the Local Authority to "Keep a register of all
factories situate within their district with respect to which the duty of
enforcing any of the said provisions is imposed upon them". H.M.
Inspectors notify the Health Department of new factories or of the
introduction of mechanical power, and other information which appears
to affect the jurisdiction of the Local Authority. In Hornsey there are
216 factories where mechanical power is used and 35 without mechanical
power.
A table showing inspections carried out during the year appears on page
50.
INSPECTION OF OUTWORKERS PREMISES
Section 110 of the Factory Act, 1937 requires the occupier of every
factory and every contractor employed by such occupier in the business
of a factory to keep a list of all the outworkers direcdy employed either
as workmen or as contractors in such classes of work as may from time
to time be specified by Regulation. The list must be open to inspection
by H.M. Inspector of Factories and any officer duly authorised by the
district council.
Copies of the list showing all the outworkers employed during the
previous six months must be sent to the district council during February
and August of each year.
The list should contain the following particulars:—
(i) Full name of outworker.
(ii) Whether a workman or contractor.
(iii) Class of work.
(iv) Place of Employment.
(v) Home address.
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