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In the Factory and Workshop Acts the word "factory"
means not only any premises or place, whether in the open air
or not, wherein steam, water, or other mechanical power is
used in aid of the manufacturing process carried on there, but
also includes any premises or place in which any of the
following occupations are carried on, whether mechanical
power is used or not, namely:—
Print Works,
Bleaching and Dyeing Works,
Earthenware Works,
Lucifer Match Works,
Percussion Cap Works,
Cartridge Works,
Paper Staining Works,
Fustian Cutting Works,
Blast Furnaces for Smelting,
Copper Mills,
Iron Mills,
Foundries,
Paper Mills,
Glass Works,
Tobacco Works,
Letterpress Printing Works,
Bookbinding Works,
Flax Scutch Mills.
Many of the duties and obligations of the Sanitary Authority
in reference to factories, workshops and workplaces are contained
in the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Section 38 is the most comprehensive of all, for by it—
Every factory, workshop and workplace shall be provided with
suitable and sufficient accommodation in the way of sanitary