The installation and maintenance of toilet facilities in places of employment / United States Department of Labor, Women's Bureau.

Date:
1933
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Credit: The installation and maintenance of toilet facilities in places of employment / United States Department of Labor, Women's Bureau. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a pe | ~ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL psyeHoLoetd Cuart III.—Requirements as to sanitation of toilet equipment in establishments employing women '—Continued iction materials for toilet | f : Administering agency sms to make them imper- Types of fixtures Ventilation Heating Lighting Maintenance Establishments covered ? Source of authority (See p. 4) vious to moisture | a . : : * . a ’ n- memiveable toilets ?___________.____ Sultaple toilets... ........-...-..._.. r h Vv il TGS) he anes Or RPE ee Soe ae. Bi ee Ee Clean and sanitary (applies | Public housekeeping, manu- | Minimum wage de- Workmen Ss compe j see latte (applic only to elutes: “ facturing, mercantile, and partment orders sation bureau. laundry occupations; tele- Nos. 1 to 5. phone exchanges in towns of & 1,800 or more. Chief i ior of Wark | Suitable toilet rooms 3__.________ Suitable water-closets 3......._._-____. ETODGHY Nexis agen - sts tl cea ee eager een Slade end lagal . = iu ac bbc pe bie sukenteea’ All Aine Aen Penetee 820: | Soe wea teed “fuckaiciod % employed. . ? Floors to be waterproof, and | Bowl of vitrified earthenware, hard |.._.....---.----------ee-----------[oceeeeeeceeeeeeeee--|--------- sabi thank All public or private institu- | Statute (plumbing a eli p oe | base not less than6incheshigh| natural stone, or cast iron porcelain tions, sanitariums, hospitals, | code). | CELA. OF Ps ing. with sanitary cove at floor enameled inside and painted out- schools, prisons, factories, vel. side; bowls and traps to be made in workshops, or places where y one piece and of such shape as to hold men, women, or children a sufficient quantity of water to are or might be employed. clean it thoroughly; to have flushing rims constructed to flush entire surface of bow]; set free from interior inclosing woodwork; low-down tanks to be of syphon pattern; tank of at least 4 gallons flushing capacity. Pan, valve, plunger, off-set washout and other water-closets having in- visible seals or an unventilated space or walls not thoroughly washed at each flush forbidden. Long hopper . . yg cer range closets : allowed and specifications given. , : ‘ : F | Floor and base of nonabsorbent |.___._____.__._____ : eee. foe . NN ee) Se i ee ee Pele ee ee, ete ee rn we ta ey Workshops, factories, merean- | Special requirements | Chief inspector of | material. tile and office buildings. issued by the de- workshops and fac- cseeecag of indus- tories. rial relations. 0.90 Sont-0aiile “Mi mi> joo oon on eekeobwtacecena. Factories, mills, and other | Industrial lighting mum intensity of work places. eode issued by in- illumination. dustrial commission. } ; (Recommended.) can .| Suitable toilet facilities 3_..._____ NE MINOR Ga, a aim ait aso) consciences CRUE AE a eek COE eee ink ieee oe Manufacturing, mechanical, | Statute__...__________ .| Commission of labor or mercantile establishment or workshop, laundry, printing office, dressmaking or millinery establishment, 5 hotel, restaurant, or theater or telegraph or telephone establishment and office or any other establishment em- ploying females. (Banks : not covered.) sai baimtaruiie Of Ue boc oo caedeawhtcnctdetn aca Factories and mercantile es- | Industrial code rules Do. umination mini- tablishments. issued by depart- mum requirement ment of labor. in toilet rooms and water-closet com- a partments. ‘ : Sahio toilctst_—..-_.>_. Suitable toilets 8...................____ Thoroughly ventilated come: OPGI Is. ase ce on on kel cawehl de cuesdcbans<oke Secceus To be kept in a clean and | Any establishment where | State. welfare com- | State welfare com- 7 to outside air. sanitary condition. beter and minors are em- mission order No. 22. mission. ployed. } x, Tooe-camdle Of artle ||. decvee dans capvgebeleeseeas Places of employment, in- | Code governing indus- | Commissioner of labor. ficial illumination cluding factories, mills, of- trial lighting issued A required in toilets fices, and other work places. by bureau of labor. and water-closets when illumination by natural light is not twice this amount. —
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