Factory and workshop orders.

  • Home Office
Date:
1908
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Factory and workshop orders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of sanitary conveniences provided in a factory or workshop shall be deemed to be sufficient and suitable within the meaning of the said section if the following conditions are complied with and not otherwise: — 1. In factories or workshops where females are employed or in attendance there shall be one sanitary convenience for ever^^ 25 females. In factories or workshops where males are employed or in attendance there shall be one sanitary convenience for every 25 miles; provided that— [a) in factories or workshops where the number of males employed or in attendance exceeds 100, and sufficient urinal accommodation is also piovided, it shall be sufficient if there is one sanitary convenience for every 25 males up to the first 100, and one for eveiy^ 40 after; ' {b) in factories or workshops where the number of males employed or in attendance exceeds 500, and the Dis- trict Inspector of Factories ceidihes in writing that b^^ means of a check system, or otherwise, proper super- vision and control in regard to the use of the con- veniences are exercised b}' officers specially appointed for that purpose it shall be sufficient if one sanitary convenience is provided for every 60 males, in addition to sufficient urinal accommodation. Any certificate given by an inspector shall be kept attached to the general register, and shall be liable at an5 time to be revoked by notice in writing from the Inspector. In calculating the number of conveniences required by this order, any odd number of persons less than 25, 40, or GO, as the case may be, shall be reckoned as 25, 40, or GO. 2. Every sauitaiy convenience shall be kept in a cleanly state, shall 'be sufficiently ventilated and lighted, and shall not communicate with any work-room except through the open air or through an intervening ventilated space: provided that in work-rooms in use prior to 1st Januaiy, 1903, and mechanically ventilated in such manner that air cannot be drawn into the work-room through the sanitary convenience, an intervening ventilated space shall not be required. 3. Every sanitary convenience shall be under cover and so partitioned oft’ as to secure privacy, and if for the use of females shall have a proper door and fastenings. 4. The sanitary conveniences in a factory or workshop shall be so arranged and maintained as to be conveniently accessible to all persons employed thei'ein at all times during their em- ployment.
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