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to comply therewith, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds, and to a
farther fine not exceeding ten shillings for every day daring which he continues
to make default after conviction ; and the Sanitary Authority may, if they think
fit, cause the workshops or part to be limewashed, cleansed, or purified, and may
recover in a summary manner the expenses incurred by them in so doing from the
person on whom the notice was served. (2) This section shall apply to any factory
that is not subject to the provisions of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1878, and
the Acts amending the same, and to any workplace, in like manner as it applies to
a workshop.
Section 2.—(1) For the purposes of this Act,—* * * * (g) Any factory,
workshop, or workplace which is not a factor}' subject to the provisions of the
Factory and Workshops Act, 1878, relating to cleanliness, ventilation, and overcrowding,
and (t.) is not kept in a cleanly state and free from effluvia arising from
any drain, privy, earth-closet, water-closet, urinal, or other nuisance, or (ii.) is not
ventilated in such a manner as to render harmless as far as practicable any gases,
vapours, dust, or other impurities generated in the course of the work carried on
therein that are a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health, or (iii.) is so overcrowded
while work is carried on as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of
those employed therein,—shall be nuisances liable to be dealt with summarily under
this Act. (2) Provided that—* * * * (ii.) In considering whether any
dwelling-bouse or part of a dwelling-house which is used also as a factory, workshop,
or workplace, or whether any factory, workshop, or workplace used also as a
dwelling-house, is a nuisance by reason of overcrowding, the court shall have
regard to the circumstance of such other user.
It would appear that a London Sanitary Authority has no power under the
Factory and Workshops Act, 1891, unless and until a complaint is made by a
Factory Inspector, when the Sanitary Authority is bound to act upon the
complaint.
WATER SUPPLV AND WATER SERVICE.
The district is supplied with water on the constant high pressure system, with
the exception of the area lying between Albany Street and Regent's Park. All
the water closets in the district have water laid on, and the work of your Health
Department is directed towards causing the supply to be maintained, and to be
efficient in quantity and manner of distribution for the purpose of flushing.
The flush-tanks required for w.c.'s disconnect the closet supply from direct
communication with the water in cisterns supplying water for domestic use. The
overflow pipes of cisterns being disconnected from drains and discharging in
the open, and the cisterns being properly covered, contamination is largely
prevented.
But cisterns also become foul from within, if not cleansed at intervals, and
when the cleansing is omitted, or insufficient, and especially if the cistern be badly
situated, or be inaccessible, the only safeguard is to remove the draw taps from
connection with the cisterns and attach them on the main supply pipes. This is
the course pursued in such cases, the cisterns being allowed to remain if supplying
the flush-tanks of w c.'s, as they may become useful for reserve supply in case of
break-down and temporary stoppage of the main supply. If a cistern supply no
draw-taps nor flush-tanks, nor other receptacles, it is useless, and the contained