Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.

  • United Kingdom
Date:
1901
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Credit: Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Sanitary condition of Avorkshops and work - places. 38 & 39 Yict. c. 55. [Ch. 22.] Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. [1 Edw. 7.] rooms (whether those walls, ceilings, or tops are plastered or not), and all the passages and staircases of a factory, if they have not been painted with oil or varnished once at least within seven years, shall (subject to any special exceptions made in pursuance of this section) he limewashed once at least within every fourteen months, to date from the time when they were last limewashed ; and if they have been so painted or varnished shall be washed with hot water and soap once at least within every fourteen months, to date from the time when they were last washed. (4.) Where it appears to the Secretary of State that in any class of factories, or parts thereof, the provisions of this section with respect to limewashing or washing are not required for the purpose of securing therein the observance of the requirements of this Act as to cleanliness, or are by reason of special circumstances inapplicable, he may, if he thinks fit, by Special Order grant to that class of factories, or parts thereof, a special exception that the said provisions shall not apply thereto. (5.) A factory in which there is a contravention of this section shah be deemed not to be kept in conformity with this Act. 2.— (1.) The provisions of section ninety-one of the Public Health Act, 1875, with respect to a factory, workshop, or work- place, not kept in a cleanly state, or not ventilated, or overcrowded, shall apply to every factory, workshop, and workplace, except any factory to which the last preceding section applies. (2.) Every workshop and every workplace within the meaning of the Public Health Act, 1875, must be kept free from effluvia arising from any drain, watercloset, earthcloset, privy, urinal, or other nuisance, and unless so kept shall be deemed to be a nuisance liable to be dealt with summarily under the law relating to public health. (3.) Where on the certificate of a medical officer of health or inspector of nuisances it appeqrs to any district council that the limewashing, cleansing, or purifying, of any such workshop, or of any part thereof, is necessary for the health of the persons employed therein, the council shall give notice in writing to the owner or occupier of the workshop to lime wash, cleanse, or purify the same, or part thereof, as the case may require. (4.) If the person to whom notice is so given fails to comply therewith within the time therein specified, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings for every day during which he continues to make default, and the council may, if they think
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