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(d) "To make such examination and inquiry as may be necessary to
ascertain whether the enactments for the time being in force
relating to public health and the enactments of the Factory Act
are complied with so far as respects the factory or workshop, and
the persons employed therein; and
(g) "To exercise such other powers as may be necessary for carrying
this Act into effect.
(2) "The occupier of every factory and workshop, his agents and servants,
shall furnish the means required by an inspector as necessary for an
inspection or the exercise of his powers under this Act in
relation to that factory or workshop."
Where entry is refused, a metropolitan council may either proceed under
Sections 115 and 116 of the P. H. L. A. or take proceedings to recover
the penalties provided by Section 119 of the F. & W. A.
An officer seeking to enter any factory, workshop, or workplace must be
provided with a properly authenticated document, to be produced on
demand, showing that he is duly authorised to make an inspection.
Part I.—Health and Safety, (i) Health (Secs. 1—9.)
Section 2 is, in the Metropolis, replaced by Section 2 (1) (g) of the P. H. L. A.
The latter enacts that:—
"Any factory, workshop, or workplace which is not a factory subject to
the provisions of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, relating to
cleanliness, ventilation, and overcrowding, and
(i) is not kept in a cleanly state and free from effluvia arising from
any drain 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
(in) 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/'
P. H. L. A. Section 25 also enables a borough council to order any factory
(not subject to the provisions of the Factory Act), workshop (not being
a bakehouse) or workplace, or part thereof, to be limewashed, cleansed, or
purified, when certified by the medical officer of health to be necessary
for the health of the persons employed therein.
Section 3 re-enacts the standard of 250 cubic feet of space for ordinary
working hours and of 400 for overtime. The Secretary of State is
empowered to make Special Orders increasing the allowance of cubic
space—
(a) where artificial light, other than electric, is employed during any
period of the working time;