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Appendix F.
[.Extract from Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for the
City of London for 1902.]
SANITARY ACCOMMODATION IN WORKPLACES.
Section 38 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, requires that:—
"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."
Failure to comply with these requirements renders the offender liable to a
fine not exceeding £20, and a further fine of £2 for every day after conviction
during which non-compliance continues.
With regard to the standards of sufficiency and suitability, the Home
Secretary has issued the following "Sanitary Accommodation Order":—
"The Sanitary Accommodation Order of 4th February, 1903.
"In pursuance of Section 9 of the Factory and Workshop Act,
"1901, I hereby determine that the accommodation in the way of
•' sanitary conveniences provided in a factory or workshop shall be
"deemed to be sufficient and suitable within the meaning of the said
"section if the following conditions are complied with and not
"otherwise:—
"1. In factories or workshops where females are employed or in
"attendance there shall be one sanitary convenience for every 25
"females.
"In factories or workshops where 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