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lations have yet been made under the Act and without them the
Act has no purpose. Moreover, it is understood that the Government
has no intention of making Regulations but will, in due
course, bring forward a more comprehensive Bill to implement the
main recommendations of the Gower Committee on Health, Welfare
and Safety in Non-Industrial Employment. It will be remembered
(at least, by people who have reached middle age) that the Gower
report was published in 1949 and has since been lying forlorn
and neglected in its Whitehall pigeon hole.
In the meantime the best possible use is being made of the
meagre powers already available for securing reasonable conditions
in Offices. These are contained in Section 46 of the
Public Health Act, 1936, which requires workplaces (the definition
of which includes offices) to be provided with satisfactory
sanitary accommodation and Section 92 which requires workplaces
to be kept clean, properly ventilated and not overcrowded.
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