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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS ACT. 1901.
Section 132 of this Act reads:—
'* The Medical Officer of Health of every District Council shall,
in his annual report to them, report specifically on the administration
of this Act in workshops and workplaces, and he shall send
a copy of his annual report or so much of it as deals with this subject
to the Secretary of State."
In the case of factories, the duties of a District Council are
few. The Council is charged with the duty of seeing that every
factory in its district is provided with means of escape in case of
fire. This duty is carried out by the Surveyor's department. The
other duty in regard to factories is the enforcement of Section 22
of the Public Health Amendment Act, 1890. The inspection of
factories comes within the province of H.M. Inspector of Factories.
Where any sanitary defect is discovered by him in a factory, which
is remediable under the law relating to public health, and not under
the Factory and Workshop Act, he informs the Council of the
defect, and it is the duty of the Council to arrange for the remedy
of the defect. The Factory Inspector also notifies to the local
authority any matter coming under his notice which should be
attended to by the local authority.