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SECTION IV.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901
Duties of Local Authority.
Means of Escape
in case of Fire
It is the duty of the Council to see that proper provision
for means of escape from fire is made in connection
with Factories and Workshops where more
than 40 people are occupied, and to grant a certificate to that effect
in recently built structures.
The Local Authority may make bye-laws on this matter.
Whilst the factory or workshop is occupied, the doors shall
not be locked or fastened in such a manner that they cannot be
easily and immediately opened from the inside.
Any factory or workshop built after January, 1896, and occupied
by more than ten persons shall have the doors constructed to
open outwards or to have sliding doors.
The Borough Surveyor undertakes the carrying out of the
above portion of the Act.
Workshops,
Workplaces,
& Home-work.
The work devolving upon the Health Department in
connection with Factories, is to see that proper sanitary
conveniences are provided. As regards workshops
and work-places, they are brought under the Public
Health Acts, the controlling authority being the Borough Councils
acting by their officers, the Medical Officer of Health, and the
Inspector of Nuisances, who have for this purpose the powers ot
factory inspectors.