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(iii) Factories with mechanical power—The provisions of the sanitary accommodation
order must be enforced.
(iv) Factories, without mechanical power—Enforcement of provisions with regard'
to the following :—
(a) sanitary accommodation order ;
(b) cleanliness ;
(c) overcrowding;
(d) temperature;
(e) ventilation ;
(/) lighting;
(g) drainage of floors.
(v) Homework—List of outworkers employed, whether contractor or worker,
to be sent to sanitary authority during the months of February and August
in each year. Notice to be served by sanitary authority where work is carried
on in unwholesome premises, or where infectious disease has occurred.
(vi) Basement bakehouses to be granted certificate of suitability by sanitary
authority.
(vii) The Act also requires, inter alia, the medical officer of health in his annual
report to the council to report specifically on the administration of matters
under Parts I and VIII of the Act.
The number of non-mechanical factories on the register at the end of the year
was 553 and the number of mechanical factories was 957.
The particulars of inspections made by the sanitary inspectors are as follows :—