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"If at any time it appears to the Sanitary Authority that any house, whether
"built before or after the commencement of this Act, is without such ashpit or
"water.closet as aforesaid, the Sanitary Authority shall cause notice to be served on
"the owner or occupier of the house, requiring him forthwith, or within such
"reasonable time as is specified in the notice, to provide the same in accordance
"with the directions of the notice; and if the notice is not complied with, the said
"owner or occupier shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Five Pounds, and to a
"further fine not exceeding Forty Shillings for each day during which the offence
"continues; or the Sanitary Authority, if they think fit, in lieu of proceeding for
"a fine, may enter the premises and execute such works as the case may require,
"and may recover the expenses incurred by them in so doing from the owner of
"the house."
And in section 141, the expression "house" includes schools, also factories
and other buildings in which persons are employed.
Further, section 38 reads: —
"Every factory, workshop and workplace whether erected before or after the
"passing of this Act shall be provided with sufficient and suitable accommodation
"in the way of sanitary conveniences, regard being had to the number of persons
"employed in or in attendance at such building and also where persons of both
"sexes are or are intended to be employed or in attendance with proper separate
"accommodation for persons of each sex."
There is no definition of the term "workplace," but in the case of Bennett v.
Harding, 1900, 2 Q.B. 397, it was held that the word "workplace" is not to
be limited to places where something is being manufactured or made, but
includes "any place where work is done permanently, and where people
"assemble together to do work permanently of some kind or other."
LADIES' WAITING ROOMS AT RAILWAY STATIONS.
One hundred and sixteen inspections have been made of the ladies' waiting
rooms at the railway stations in the City, and the various minor defects found
have been remedied.
At Cannon Street (District Railway) new wash.down closets have been
substituted for the old valve closets, and at Ludgate Hill a hood and flue have
been fixed to the gas stove in the attendant's room.
Cleansing of walls and ceilings and closet.pans, repairs to defective flushing
cisterns and other fittings, &c., have been carried out at other stations.
Generally speaking, there is a decided improvement in the sanitary condition
of these waiting rooms.
The 29 ladies' waiting rooms are distributed among the 22 railway stations
as follows:—
4 ladies' rooms at Liverpool Street Station.
3 „ „ „ Fenchurch Street (Main Line).
2 ,, „ ,, Cannon Street (S.E.&C.R.).
2 „ ,, „ Holborn Viaduct.
2 „ „ „ Moorgate (Metropolitan Railway);