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10 days any work shall cease to be so given out. After such
a notice it shall be an offence to give out any such work unless
it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court dealing with the
place that the place is not injurious or dangerous in the respects
set forth in the notice.
Observations on Part VIII. Only minor alterations in the
present law have been made, for example, the time" one
month" has been reduced to 10 days.
Part XI. Section 128 provides that the Medical Officer of
Health shall in his annual report deal with the administration
of Part I and Part VIII of the Act and give notice to the
Factory Inspector of any factory coming to his knowledge to
which no abstract of this Act is fixed.
Observations on Part XI. These duties are not new.
Third Schedule. This Schedule re-enacts certain provisions
of the Factory and Work Shops Act, 1901, with regard to Sanitary
Regulations for bakehouses; penalty for bakehouses being
unfit on sanitary grounds; limewashing and painting, and provision
as to sleeping places near bakehouses.
Observations on Third Schedule. As stated these provisions
are not new.
SUMMARY : As regards additional duties of the Public
Health Department.
The new provisions in the Act deal with:—
Part I. (1) Temperature in factories.
(2) Drainage of floors in general.
Part IV. (3) The obligation of an examination within
a year of the commencement of the Act,
and examination every five years of
basement bakehouses.
Part VII. (4) Duties relating to building operations
and works of engineering construction
with regard to sanitary conveniences,
and the supply of drinking water.
Part I. (5) In addition to the above, the Act deals
and in more detail with certain matters than
Part VIII. in previous Acts.
According to the information of the Department, there were
on 31st December, 361 factories within the Borough.
All plans of new factories and offices which are received by
the Borough Engineer and Surveyor are referred to the Public
Health Department to see that they comply with the requirements
of the Acts and Orders relating to those matters which
are the responsibility of the Department according to the
Factories Act, 1937 and the Public Health Act, 1936.
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