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(e) Where Part 3 of the Public Health Acts,
Amendment Act, 1890, has been adapted, it is also
the duty of the Council to see that all workshops are
provided with suitable and sufficient sanitary conveniences.
As regards both factories and workshops, the
District Council have powers and duties in the
matter of means of escape in case of fire.
The owner or occupier of factories of which
the construction was commenced after the 1st
January, 1892, and workshops commenced
after 1st January, 1896, must, if more than forty
persons are employed therein, obtain from the
District Council a certificate that the means of
escape in case of fire are such as may be reasonably
required in the circumstances of the case.
Before giving this certificate it is the duty of the
Council to have each such factory or workshop
examined. The certificate must state specifically
what means of escape are provided, and in the
case of a factory or workshop being used without
such certificate the Council may take proceedings
against the occupier.
The Act also defines ''Domestic Factories''
to mean private houses where members of the
family carry on without the aid of mechanical
power any of the kinds of work enumerated in
Schedule VI of the Act. It is also the duty of
the Council to see that domestic factories are kept
Domestic
factories
and
Workshops.
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