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SECTION 5
Factories
The provisions of the Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948 are administered by H.M.
Inspector of Factories of the Ministry of Labour and National Service, in conjunction
with the local sanitary authority. Close co-operation is maintained
between the two, and defaults found in the course of visits to factories are
notified between one and the other according to the body responsible for remedial
measures.
The principal duties of the sanitary authority are the enforcement of
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 of the Factories Act, 1937 insofar as non-power
factories are concerned, and Section 7 only in respect of power factories.
The requirements of these sections may be summarised as follows: -
Section 1
Every factory to be kept clean, and free from any effluvia arising from any
drain, sanitary convenience or nuisance, and lays down the frequency with which
cleansing must be undertaken.
Section 2
A factory shall not be so overcrowded as to cause risk of injury to health
of the persons employed therein,
Section 3
Effective provision to be made for securing and maintaining a reasonable
temperature in each work-room.
Section U
Effective and suitable provision for securing and maintaining adequate
ventilation of each work-room, and for rendering harmless all fumes, dust and
other impurities generated in the course of any work.
Section 6
Effective drainage of floors where wet processes are carried on.
Section 7
Provision of sufficient andsuitable sanitary conveniences, properly lighted,
with separate accommodation for the sexes
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