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workshop having neglected to observe the provisions of the Factory
Acts.
Section 22 deals with laundries under the Factory Acts, and
so far as regards sanitary provisions it will be the duty of the Vestry
to enforce them, as in the case of workshops. By the 3rd subsection
of this section, laundries in certain cases are exempted.
Tenement Factories.
By Section 24 in tenement factories, that is to say, in places
where mechanical power is supplied to different parts of the same
building occupied by different persons for the purpose of any
manufacturing process or handicraft in such manner, that those
parts constitute in law, separate factories, the owner, instead of
the occupier becomes liable for the observance, and punishable for
the non.observance of the sanitary provisions which it is the duty of
the sanitary authorities to enforce under sees. 3 and 33 of the
principal Act.
Bakehouses.
Section 27 amends the law as to bakehouses, and the regulations
in section 15 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1883, now apply to
all existing bakehouses, also "a place underground shall not be used
as a bakehouse, unless it is so used at the commencement of this
Act," that is—after the 1st January, 1896, it will not be lawful to
construct an underground bakery.
This section also extends the sanitary provisions contained in
Sections 33 and 34 of the principal Act, to all bakehouses.
There are certain other special provisions as to health, which
require notice.
Poisonous Trades
and Anthrax.
Section 29 provides that medical practitioners are to notify the
chief Inspector of Factories at the Home Office, London, of cases of
lead, phosphorous and arsenical poisoning, or anthrax contracted in
any factory or workshop.
Cleanliness in
Poisonous Trades.
Section 30 requires the provision of suitable washing conveniences
for the use of persons employed in a factory or workshop where
lead, arsenic or other poisonous substances are used.
Humid Factories.
Section 31 provides as to humid factories.
Temperature.
Section 32 as to a reasonable temperature being maintained in
each room in a workshop or factory, in which any person is employed
; and
Use of a fan in
certain cases.
Section 83 provides as to the use of a fan where any process is
carried on by which any gas vapour or other impurity is generated
or inhaled by workers to an injurious extent.