Industrial and personal hygiene / by George M. Kober. A report of the committee on social betterment.

  • Kober, George M. (George Martin), 1850-1931
Date:
1908
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Credit: Industrial and personal hygiene / by George M. Kober. A report of the committee on social betterment. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    factory or workshop under this act, acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, any such special rule, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two pounds [$973]. Respirators: A good respirator is a cambric bag with or without a thin flexible wire made to fit over the nose. Sanitary drink suggested: Sulphate of magnesia, 2 ozs.; water, i gallon; essence of lemon, sufficient to flavor. Lead Smelting Works. (Form 264—January, 1906.) Duties of occupiers. They shall provide respirators and overall suits for the use of all persons employed in cleaning the flues, and take means to see that the same are used. They shall arrange that no person be allowed to remain at work more than two hours at a time in a flue. (A rest of half an hour before reentering will be deemed sufficient. They shall provide suflnicient bath accommodation for all persons employed in cleaning the flues, and every one so employed shall take a bath before leaving the works. They shall provide washing conveniences, with a sufficient supply of hot and cold water, soap, nailbrushes and towels. Duties of persons employed. In cases where the cooperation of the workers is required for carrying out the foregoing rules, and where such cooperation is not given, the workers shall be held liable, in accordance with the Factory and Workshop Act, 1891. section 9, which runs as follows: If any person who is bound to observe any special rules established for any factory or workshop under this act, acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, any such special rule, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two pounds [$9.73]. Special Rules for Factories or Workshops in Which Yellow Chromate OF Lead is Used, or in Which Goods Dyed with it Undergo the Pro- cesses of Building or Noddling, Winding, Reeling, Weaving or any Other Treatment. (Form 270—February, 1904.) Duties of occupiers. They shall provide washing conveniences, with a sufficient supply of hot and cold water, soap, nailbrushes, and towels. dry proc?sses^^°^'^^ respirators and overall suits for the persons employed in all They shall provide fans and other suitable means of ventilation wherever dust is generated in the process of manufacture They shall provide a sufficient supply of epsom salts, and of the sanitary drink mentioned below or some other approved by H. M. inspector of factories Respirators: A good respirator is a cambric bag with or without a thin flexible wire made to fit over the nose. Sanitary drink: Sulphate of magnesia, 2 ozs.; water, i gallon- essence of lemon, sufficient to flavor. essence 01 Duties of persons employed. Every person to whom is supplied a respirator or overall suit shall wear the same when at the special work for which such are provided.
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