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Sanitary Circumstances.
(46) of the Public Health Act 1875 might be applied more often
than it is.
It states that "If the Medical Officer of Health or two medical
practitioners certify that any house, or part of a house, is so filthy
as to endanger health, or that the whitewashing, cleansing or
purifying thereof would tend to prevent infectious disease, the
sanitary authority may require the owner or occupier to cleanse,
etc., and in his default may do what is necessary and recover
expenses."
FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACT.
The Factory and Workshops Act of 1901 has been one cause
of great social reform and a general boon to mankind. Arising out
of the fundamental principles of this Act, great industrial concerns
like Rowatree's Cocoa Works at York provide meals, recreation,
games, teach trades, have cadet corps, bands, swimming baths,
gymnasium classes of all sorts, Swedish drill, and even a fire
brigade. The workplaces are light and airy and made artistic with
flowers, and the services of a whole time doctor and dentist are
always available.
It is hoped that the recent Tuberculosis regulations will in
their way bring about another great social reform not only in
private but in industrial life generally.
A Table is appended, showing the number of inspections made,
notices served, defects remedied, also the number of outworkers and
registered workshops.