A.D. 1926. Over crowding. (b) The floor of every workroom shall be thoroughly (i) if they have a smooth impervious sur- (ii) if they are painted with oil paint or varnished, be repainted or re-varnished at least once in every period of seven years, and 15 washed with hot water and soap at least once in every period of fourteen months; and (iii) in other cases be whitewashed or colourwashed before occupation as a factory and thereafter at least once in every period of 20 fourteen months: Provided that (i) except where the inspector for the district (ii) where it appears to the Secretary of State that 3.-(1) A factory shall not be so overcrowded while work is carried on therein as to be injurious to the health of the persons employed therein. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, a factory shall be deemed to be 40 so overcrowded if the amount of cubic space in any A.D. 1926. workroom allows less than four hundred cubic feet for every person employed in the room, and in calculating the amount of cubic space no space more than fourteen 5 feet from the floor shall be taken into account. 10 (3) The Secretary of State may, by special order, extend the said proportion of cubic space (a) for any period during which artificial light other (b) as regards any particular process; or (c) as regards any factory or part of a factory which (4) If the inspector for the district so requires there shall be affixed in the workroom a notice speci15 fying the number of persons who, having regard to the provisions of this section, may be employed in that room. 4.-(1) Effective measures shall be taken for securing Temperaand maintaining a reasonable temperature in each work- ture. room during the whole time that work is going on, and 20 the measures so taken shall be such as not to allow the escape of any injurious or offensive fumes into the air of any workroom: In every workroom in which a substantial proportion of the work is done sitting the temperature shall not be 25 allowed to fall below sixty degrees. (2) At least one thermometer shall be provided and maintained in correct working order in a suitable position in every workroom in which a substantial proportion of the work is done sitting, and in any other place in which 30 the Secretary of State may by special order so direct. (3) The Secretary of State may, by special order, for any class or description of factories or parts thereof, prescribe a standard of reasonable temperature, prohibit the use of any methods of maintaining a reasonable 35 temperature which, in his opinion, are likely to be injurious to the persons employed, and direct in what positions thermometers shall be provided and maintained. 5.-(1) Effective measures shall be taken for securing Ventilation. and maintaining a constant supply of fresh air in each 40 workroom to ensure that the room is adequately ventilated, A.D. 1926. and for rendering harmless, so far as practicable, all the fumes, dust and other impurities generated in the course of any manufacturing process or work that may be injurious to health. Lighting. Drainage of floors. Sanitary conveniences. (2) The Secretary of State may, by special order, 5 prescribe a standard of adequate ventilation for factories or for any class or description of factories or parts thereof. 6.-(1) Effective measures shall be taken for securing and maintaining sufficient and suitable lighting in every 10 part of the factory in which persons are working or passing. (2) The Secretary of State may, by special order, prescribe a standard of sufficient and suitable lighting for factories or for any class or description of factories or 15 parts thereof, or for any process. (3) All external glazed windows and skylights of workrooms shall so far as practicable be kept clean on both the inner and outer surfaces and free from obstruction. 7. Where any process is carried on which renders the floor liable to be wet to such an extent that the wet is capable of being removed by drainage, effective means shall be provided and maintained for draining off the wet. 20 8.-(1) Sufficient and suitable accommodation in the 25 way of sanitary conveniences shall be provided and maintained, regard being had to the number of persons employed in or in attendance at the factory, and also, where persons of both sexes are or are intended to be employed or in attendance (except in factories where the only persons 30 employed are members of the same family dwelling there), with proper separate accommodation for persons of each sex. (2) The Secretary of State may arrange for the enforcement by the district council of the provisions of 35 this section in the administrative county of London or in 53 & 54 Viet. any place where section twenty-two of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, is in force. c. 59. (3) The Secretary of State shall, by special order, determine what is sufficient and suitable accommodation 40 within the meaning of this section. Power of district 9.-(1) The foregoing provisions as to cleanliness, A.D. 1926. over-crowding, temperature, ventilation, drainage of floors, and sanitary conveniences shall as respects any factory in which mechanical power is not used and which forms part 5 of a dwelling-house or shop, or is adjacent to a dwelling- enforce cerhouse or shop in the same occupation, be enforced by tain prothe district council. (2) The Secretary of State may also arrange with any district council for the enforcement by the council 10 of all or any of the said provisions in all other factories in which mechanical power is not used, or in any class or description of such factories. (3) Every district council shall keep a register of all factories situate within their district with respect to 15 which the duty of enforcing any of the said provisions is imposed upon or undertaken by them. councils to visions of Part I. 10.-(1) Where an inspector finds any act, neglect, Powers of or default, in relation to any drain, closet, urinal, ash-pit, inspector as to sanitary water-supply, nuisance, or other matter in a factory defects 20 which is liable to be dealt with by the district council remediable under this Part of this Act or under the law relating to by district public health, that inspector shall give notice in writing of council. the act, neglect, or default to the district council, and it shall be the duty of the district council to make such 25 inquiry into the subject of the notice, and take such action thereon, as seems to that council proper for the purpose of enforcing the law, and to inform the inspector of the proceedings taken in consequence of the notice. (2) An inspector may, for the purposes of this section, 30 take with him into a factory a medical officer of health, inspector of nuisances, or other officer of the district council. (3) Where notice of an act, neglect, or default is given by an inspector under this section to a district 35 council, and proceedings are not taken within one month for punishing or remedying the act, neglect or default, the inspector may take the like proceedings for punishing or remedying the same as the district council might have taken, and shall be entitled to recover from the district 40 council summarily as a civil debt all such expenses in and about the proceedings as the inspector incurs and as are not recovered from any other person, and have not been incurred in or about any unsuccessful proceedings. A.D. 1926. Powers in case of default of a district council. Power to make orders for special medical 11.-(1) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that the provisions of this Part of this Act which are enforceable by a district council, have not been enforced by any district council, he may, by order, authorise an inspector to take, during such period as may be men- 5 tioned in the order, such steps as appear necessary or proper for enforcing those provisions. (2) An inspector authorised in pursuance of this section shall, for the purpose of his duties thereunder, have the same powers in regard to any such matters as 10 he has with respect to other matters under this Act, and he may, for that purpose, take the like proceedings for enforcing the provisions of this Act, or for punishing or remedying any act or default, as might be taken by the district council; and he shall be entitled to recover from 15 the district council summarily as a civil debt all such expenses in and about any proceedings as he may incur and as are not recovered from any other person. 12. Where it appears to the Secretary of State that in view of the amount of sickness among the workers in 20 any factory or class or description of factories or for some supervision. other reason that special provision ought to be made at that factory or at factories of that class or description to secure the health of persons employed therein, he may by order require the occupier to make such reasonable provision 25 by arrangements for the special medical supervision of the workers and otherwise (but not so as to include medical treatment) as may be specified in the order. Prime movers. PART II. SAFETY (GENERAL PROVISIONS). 30 13.-(1) Every flywheel directly connected to any prime mover and every moving part of any prime mover, except such prime movers as are mentioned in subsection (3) of this section, shall be securely fenced, whether the flywheel or prime mover is situated in an engine-house 35 or not. (2) The head and tail race of every water wheel and of every water turbine shall be securely fenced. (3) All parts of electric generators motors and rotary converters, and every flywheel directly connected there- 40 with, shall either be securely fenced or be in such position |