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"(c) send on or before the first day of February and the first
"day of August in each year copies of those lists to the
"district councilf of the district in which the factory or
"workshop is situate.
"(2.) Every district council shall cause the lists received in pur"suance
of this section to be examined, and shall furnish the name
"and place of employment of every outworker included in any such
"list whose place of employment is outside its district to the council
"of the district in which his place of employment is.
"(4.) This section shall apply to any place from which any work
"is given out, and to the occupier of that place, and to every con"tractor
employed by any such occupier in connection with the
"said work, as if that place were a workshop.
"108.—(1.) If the district council within whose district is situate a
"place in which work is carried on for the purpose of, or in connection
"with, the business of a factory or workshop, give notice in writing to
''the occupier of the factory or workshop, or to any contractor employed
"by any such occupier, that that place is injurious or dangerous to the
"health of the persons employed therein, then, if the occupier or con"tractor
after the expiration of one month from receipt of the notice
"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.
"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."
†In the City of London the Corporation is the "district council."