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occupier of premises of which wearing apparel and certain
other material given out to be made up, to keep a list of outworkers.
These lists are to be periodically inspected, and the
places where the out-workers reside are to be visited.
The new Factory Act (1895) is an important advance
upon previous Factory Legislation, although in the opinion of
Health Officers it stands in need of amendment in one or two
particulars.
The chief sanitary clauses of the new Act are the
following:—
(1) A factory or workshop shall be deemed to be
crowded unless its cubic capacity afford at least 250
cubic feet per each person employed, or during any
period of overtime, 400 cubic feet of space to every
such person. (Sect. 1.)
(2) In every factory or workshop a notice specifying the
number of persons who may be employed in each
room of the factory or workshop shall be kept
constantly so affixed and in such position as to be
easily read by the persons employed therein.
Presumably it will be the duty of the Sanitary Authority
to see that this section is conformed to.
(3) Where notice of neglect, act, or default is given by the
Factory Inspector to a Sanitary Authority, the
Sanitary Authority must inform the Factory Inspector
of the steps taken in consequence of the notice.
(Sect. 3.)
(4) If no steps be taken by the Sanitary Authority within
one month for punishing or remedying the act,
neglect, or default, the Factory Inspector may take
the like proceedings, and recover the cost from the
Sanitary Authority. (Sect. 3.)