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Factory and Workshops Act, 1901.
The Factories, Workshops, or Workplaces on the
Register number 263.
The sections of the Factory and Workshop Act which
your Council has to administer chiefly relate to the following
matters:—
(1) (a) Cleanliness.
(b) Air space.
(c) Ventilation.
(d) Drainage.
(e) Provision of Sanitary Conveniences for both
sexes.
(2) The provision of means of escape in case of fire in
Factories and Workshops in which more than
40 persons are employed.
(3) Sanitary regulations of Bakehouses.
(4) Homework.
The details of work done by your Inspectors are recorded,
as far as practicable, in the tabulated statement on pages 74
75 and 76 of the report of your Medical Officer of Health. The
usual periodical visits have been maintained and the sanitary
defects discovered were properly remedied by the persons
responsible.
Paving of Yards
The paving and drainage of yards in connection with,
and exclusively belonging to dwelling-houses, is enforceable
in the district under section 25 of the Public Health Acts
Amendment Act, 1907. The owners of court-yards and
passages used in common by two or more occupiers may also
be required to properly flag, asphalte, concrete or pave such
court-yards or passages under the provisions of Section 20 of
the Finchley Urban District Council Act, 1908.