View report page

45
(1) Members of the same family dwelling there, or in
which not more than two persons dwelling elsewhere
are employed; and (2) Inmates of prisons, reformatories,
industrial schools, or charitable institutions,
are exempted from the foregoing regulations. (Sect.
22.)
(8) All the inside walls of every bakehouse and all its
ceilings, passages, and staircases, shall be either
painted with three coats of paint or varnish, once in
seven years, and if so painted shall be washed with
hot water and soap once at least in every six months;
or, instead of being painted, such bakehouse may be
limewashed once in six months.
(9) No underground place, not so used at the
ment of this Act shall be used as a bakehouse.
(Sec. 27.)
(10) In every factory, or workshop, where lead, arsenic, or
any other poisonous substance is used, suitable
washing conveniences shall be provided for the use
of the persons employed in any department where
such substances are used.
(11) In every factory and workshop adequate measures
shall be taken for securing and maintaining a
reasonable temperature in each room in which any
person is employed. (Sect. 32.)
(12) The Act also imposes upon every medical practitioner,
attending or called in to visit a patient whom he
believes to be suffering from lead, phosporous, or
arsenical poisoning or anthrax, the duty of notifying
the same to the Chief Inspector of Factories in
London.