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notice, to give out work to be done in such unhealthy place, he will be
liable, on complaint to a court of summary jurisdiction, to a fine not
exceeding £10. A contractor giving out work is under the same
restriction as the occupier of a factory or workshop.
Section 109.—An occupier of a factory or workshop, or any contractor
employed by such occupier, who knowingly causes or allows wearing
apparel to be made, cleaned, or repaired in any dwelling-house or building
connected therewith when an} inmate of such dwelling-house is suffering
from small-pox or scarlet fever, will be liable to a fine not exceeding £10,
" unless he proves that he was not aware of the existence of the illness in
the dwelling-house, and could not reasonably have been expected to
become aware of it."
Section 110.—This section applies to "the making, cleaning, washing,
alteiing, ornamenting, finishing, and repairing of wearing apparel, and
any work incidental thereto, and such other classes of work as may be
specified by Special Order of the Secretary of State."
The diseases referred to in this section are those included in the schedule for
notification as from time to time varied or altered.
A district council may forbid work to be given out to any person living or
working in any dwelling-house where any infectious disease occurs.
The order may be served on the occupier of the factory or workshop
whence the work is given out, or on the contractor employed by such
occupier. The order may apply to the whole of the house or to any part
thereof, and may be made even if the patient has been removed from the
house. The order is to either specify a definite period, or to be subject to
the condition of disinfection to the satisfaction of the medical officer of
health of that part of the house which is liable to be infected, or to "other
reasonable precautions" being adopted. The order may "in any case of
urgency" be issued on the authority of any two or more members of the
council acting on the advice of the medical officer of health. Contravention
of any order issued under this section entails a penalty not
exceeding £10.
Home Work Order.
In pursuance of the powers conferred by the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901, the Home Secretary has made the following Order, which may be
cited as the Home Work Order, 1901, (11 th December) and which came
into force on January 1st, 1902.
I. Section 107 of the Act (relating to lists of outworkers) and Section 108
(relating to employment in unwholesome premises) shall apply to the
following classes of work: The making, cleaning, washing, altering,
ornamenting, finishing, and repairing of wearing apparel and any work
incidental thereto; the making, ornamenting, and finishing of lace and of
lace curtains and nets ; cabinet aud furniture making and upholstery
work ; the making of electro-plate ; the making of files ; and fur-pulling.
II. Section 110 (relating to the prohibition of home work in places where
there is an infectious disease) shall apply to the following classes of work :
The making, cleaning, washing altering, ornamenting, finishing, and