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Ilford 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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when school is not open. Such written record must be displayed
in a conspicuous position in the place at which the child is
employed.
(b) The employer shall send a written notification to the Local
Education Authority stating his own name and address and the
name, address, and date of birth of the child, the occupation in
which, and the place at which, and the hours between which,
the child is employed. Such notice shall be sent within 7 days
of the date upon which these byelaws come into operation, or,
in the case of a child not so employed until after that date, within
24 hours after the employment begins. The employer shall send
to the Local Education Authority thereafter on the first day of
January and the first day of July in every year a list showing
the same particulars in respect of each child then employed by him.
(c) The Local Education Authority shall issue to each child,
in respect of whom such notice is given, a card called in these
byelaws an employment card, and, after such card is issued, a child
shall not be employed at any time unless he has such card with
him. He shall produce the card for inspection if and when required
to do so by any authorised officer of the Local Education Authority.
(d) The Local Education Authority shall cause to be entered
on the employment card the name and address and date of birth
of the child, the occupation in which, and the times between
which, the employment of such child is permitted. The times so
entered shall be such as the employer may choose, provided they
are such as are allowed by these byelaws. The times may be
altered by the Local Education Authority from time to time on
the application of the employer.
(e) The child to whom an employment card has been issued
shall not be employed except within the times entered by the
Local Education Authority on the card.
(f) The child shall obtain from the School Medical Officer
within 30 days of the date upon which these byelaws come into
operation, or in the case of a child not employed until after that
date, within 14 days from the date when employment begins, a
certificate that his employment will not be prejudicial to his
health or physical development, and will not render him unfit to
obtain the proper benefit from his education, and shall produce
such certificate to his employer for endorsement. No charge shall
be made for such certificate.
7. Every person employing a child in any work out of doors
shall see that such child is provided during the course of such employment
with efficient waterproof footwear and a sufficient waterproof
garment to protect the child from risk of injury to health from inclement
weather.
V.—As to Repeal of Byelaws.
8. From and after the date of the confirmation of these byelaws,
the byelaws which were made by the Council of the Urban District of
Ilford under the provisions of the Employment of Children Act, 1903,
on the 26th day of October, 1920, and were confirmed by one of His
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State on the 27th day of April, 1921,
shall be repealed.