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institutions subject to inspection under other Acts, or
are not worked by members of the family with the
assistance of not more than two persons from outside.
4. Workplaces. This term is not defined by the
Act, but under a recent decision of the Courts it is
taken to mean any place where people assemble to work
permanently.
The Council is responsible for the sanitary
condition of workshops, the duty as regards
factories being laid upon the Factory Inspectors.
In order that this responsibility may be properly
discharged, the Council are required to keep a
register of all workshops situated in their district.
The provisions of Section 91 of the Public
Health Act, 1875, are made to apply to workshops,
and the following additional requirements
are prescribed, viz. :—Factories and worshops,
(а) Must be kept clean and free from effluvia.
(b) Must have the prescribed air space of 250
cubic feet for each person employed therein, and during
overtime work, 400 cubic feet.
(C) Must be provided with proper ventilation to
mitigate, as far ar possible, the harmful character of any
gases, vapours, dust, or other impurities generated in
the business carried on.
(d) Where the business is of such a character that
the moisture produced is capable of being removed by
means of drainage, the necessary drainage must be
provided for this purpose. This provision does not
apply where men only are employed.
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