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"While Section 102 limits the powers of the district council to "retail
bakehouses;" Section 28 of P. H. L. A. read with Section 141 of the same
Act, gives the metropolitan borough councils jurisdiction over all bakehouses,
i.e., wholesale and retail, which are not "factories."
Part V. (IV.). Laundries (Sec. 103).
Section 103.—Laundries are neither factories nor workshops, but as to sanitary
requirements they are to be dealt with as if in either one or the other
category, according to the presence or absence of mechanical power,
except laundries where the only persons employed are—
"(a) inmates of any prison, reformatory, or industrial school, or other
institution for the time being subject to inspection under any Act other
than this Act; or
"(b) inmates of an institution conducted in good faith for religious or
charitable purposes; or
"(c) members of the same family dwelling there, or in which not more
than two persons dwelling elsewhere are employed."
Where no mechanical power is used laundries are treated as "workshops,"
and are therefore under the supervision of the local authority.
In the Metropolis, having regard to Section 155 of the Factory Act, the
district councils retain control over laundries under the provisions of the
P. H. L. A.
Part VI.—Home Work (Sec. 1.07-115).
Section 107.—This section is to be applied to such trades as the
Secretary of State may by Special Order direct.
Occupiers of factories and workshops and contractors employed by such
occupiers are to keep lists of the people working for them "outside the
factory or workshop," together with the addresses of the places where such
people work. Copies of such lists are to be sent to the council of the district
where the factory or workshop concerned is situated "on or before"
the 1st days of February or August in each year. The council of each
district is required to analyze the lists and to distribute the names and
addresses of those persons not actually working in the district to the
councils of the districts where the work is actually carried on. The
council is also to keep a record of the lists and of the addresses distributed,
and such records are to be open to inspection by the factory inspector.
The lists kept by the occupier of the factory or workshop are to be open
to inspection by any duly authorized officer of the district council.
Section 108.—The application of this section is by Special Order of the
Secretary of State.
If the district council is of opinion that any place where work is carried on
outside a factory or workshop " is injurious or dangerous to the health of
the persons employed therein," and give notice thereof to the occupier of
the factory or workshop for whom such work is done, then, if such
occupier continue, after the expiration of one month from the date of the