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gives out work to be done in that place, and the place is found by the
Court having cognizance of the case to be so injurious or dangerous,
he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
(2) This section shall apply in the case of the occupier of any place from
which any work is given out as if that place were a workshop.
109.—If the occupier of a factory or workshop or of any place from which
any work is given out, or any contractor employed by any such occupier,
causes or allows wearing apparel to be made, cleaned, or repaired, in any
dwelling house or building occupied therewith, whilst any inmate of the
dwelling house is suffering from scarlet fever or small-pox, then, unless he
proves 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, he shall be
liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
110.—(1) If any inmate of a house is suffering from an infectious disease to
which this section applies, the District Council of the district in
which the house is situate may make an order forbidding any work
to which this section applies to be given out to any person living or
working in that house, or such part thereof as may be specified in the
order, and any order so made may be served on the occupier of any
factory or workshop) or any other place from which work is given out,
or on the contractor employed by any such occupier.
(2) The order may be made notwithstanding that the person suffering
from an infectious disease may have been removed from the house,
and the order shall be made either for a specified time or subject to
the condition that the house or part thereof liable to be infected shall
be disinfected to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health, or
that other reasonable precautions shall be adopted.
(3) In any case of urgency the powers conferred on the District Council
by this section may be exercised by any two or more members of the
Council acting on the advice of the Medical Officer of Health.
(4) If any occupier or contractor on whom an order under this section has
been served contravenes the provisions of the order, he shall be liable
to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
(5) The infectious diseases to which this section applies are the infectious
diseases required to be notified under the law for the time being in
force in relation to the notification of infectious diseases, and the work
to which this section applies is the making, cleaning, washing,
altering, 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 Home Work Order of 11th December, 1901. (No. 983.)
In pursuance of the powers conferred on me by Sections 107, 108, and 110
of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, I hereby make the following
Order:—
I. Section 107 (relating to lists of out-workers) and Section 108 (relating
to employment in unwholesome premises) shall apply to the following
classes of work:—