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"In factories or workshops were males are employed or in attendance
"there shall be one sanitary convenience for every 25 males : provided
"that
"(a) in factories or workshops where the number of males employed or
"in attendance exceeds 100, and sufficient urinal accommodation
"is also provided, it shall be sufficient if there is one sanitary
"convenience for every 25 males up to the first 100, and one for
"every 40 after;
"(b) in factories or workshops where the number of males employed or
"in attendance exceeds 500, and the District Inspector of Factories
"certifies in writing that by means of a check system, or otherwise,
"proper supervision and control in regard to the use of the con"veniences
are exercised by officers specially appointed for that
"purpose it shall be sufficient if one sanitary convenience is
"provided for every 60 males, . in addition to sufficient urinal
"accommodation. Any certificate given by an Inspector shall be
"kept attached to the general register, and shall be liable at any
"time to be revoked by notice in writing from the Inspector.
"In calculating the number of conveniences required by this order,
"any odd number of persons less than 25, 40, or 60, as the case may be,
"shall be reckoned as 25, 40, or 60.
"2. Every sanitary convenience shall be kept in a cleanly state, shall
"be sufficiently ventilated and lighted, and shall not communicate with
"any work-room except through the open air or through an intervening
"ventilated space : provided that in work-rooms in use prior to 1st
"January, 1903, and mechanically ventilated in such manner that air
"cannot be drawn into the work-room through the sanitary convenience,
"an intervening ventilated space shall not be required.
"3. Every sanitary convenience shall be under cover and so partitioned
"off as to secure privacy, and if for the use of females shall have a proper
"door and fastenings.
"4. The sanitary conveniences in a factory or workshop shall be
"so arranged and maintained as to be conveniently accessible to all
"persons employed therein at all times during their employment.
"5. Where persons of both sexes are employed, the conveniences for
"each sex shall be so placed or so screened that the interior shall not be
"visible, even when the door of any convenience is open, from any place
"where persons of the other sex have to work or pass ; and, if the
"conveniences for one sex adjoin those for the other sex, the approaches
"shall be separate.
"6. This order shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 1903.