34. Where a bakehouse is situate in any city, town, or place containing, according to the last published census for the time being, a population of more than five thousand persons, all the inside walls of the rooms of such bakehouse, and all the ceilings or tops of such rooms, whether such walls, ceilings, or tops be plastered or not, and all the passages and staircases of such bakehouse shall either be painted with oil, or varnished, or be limewashed, or be partly painted or varnished and partly limewashed; where painted with oil or varnished there shall be three coats of paint or varnish, and the paint or varnish shall be renewed once at least in every seven years, and shall be washed with hot water and soap once at least in every six months; where limewashed the limewashing shall be renewed once at least in every six months.

A bakehouse in which there is any contravention of this section shall be deemed not to be kept in conformity with this act.

35. Where a bakehouse is situate in any city, town, or place containing, according to the last published census for the time being, a population of more than five thousand persons, a place on the same level with the bakehouse, and forming part of the same building, shall not be used as a sleeping place, unless it is constructed as follows; that is to say,

unless it is effectually separated from the bakehouse by a partition extending from the flour to the ceiling; and

unless there be an external glazed window of at least nine superficial feet in area, of which, at least, four and a half superficial feet are made to open for ventilation.

Any person who lets or occupies, or continues to let or knowingly suffers to be occupied, any place contrary to this section, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding, for the first offence, twenty shillings, and for every subsequent offence five pounds.

36. If in a factory or workshop where grinding, glazing or polishing on a wheel, or any process is carried on, by which dust is generated and inhaled by the workers to an injurious extent, it appears to an inspector that such inhalation could be to a great extent prevented by the use of a fan or other mechanical means, the inspector may direct a fan or other mechanical means of a proper construction for preventing such inhalation to be provided within a reasonable time; and if the same is not provided, main

tained and used, the factory or workshop shall be deemed not to be kept in conformity with this act.

37. A child, young person or woman shall not be employed in any part of a factory in which wet spinning is carried on, unless sufficient means be employed and continued for protecting the workers from being wetted, and where hot water is used, for preventing the escape of steam into the room occupied by the workers. A factory on which there is a contravention of this section shall be deemed not to be kept in conformity with this act

2-Special Restriction as to Employment, Meals and Certificates of Fitness.

38. A child or young person shall not, to the extent mentioned in the first schedule to this act, be employed in the factories or workshops or parts thereof named in that schedule.

Notice of the prohibition in this section shall be affixed in a factory or workshop to which it applies.

39. A child, or young person, or woman shall not be allowed to take a meal or to remain during the times allowed for meals in the parts of factories or workshops to which this section applies; and a child, young person or woman allowed to take a meal or to remain in contravention of this section shall be deemed to be employed contrary to the provisions of this act.

Notice of the prohibition in this section shall be affixed in a factory or workshop to which it applies.

This section applies to the parts of factories or workshops named in the second schedule of this act.

Where it appears to a secretary of state that by reason of the nature of process in any class of factories or workshops or parts thereof not named in the said schedule, the taking of meals therein is especially injurious to health, he may, if he thinks fit, by order made under this part of this act extend the prohibition in this section to the said class of factories or workshops or parts thereof.

If the prohibition in this section is proved to the satisfaction of a secretary of state to be no longer necessary for the protection of the health of children, young persons, and women in any class of factories or workshops or parts thereof to which the prohibition has

been extended by an order, he may, by an order made under this part of this act, rescind the order of extension, without prejudice nevertheless to the subsequent making of another order.

40. In print works and bleaching and dyeing works the period of employment for a child, young person, and woman, and the times allowed for meals, shall be the same as if the said works were a textile factory, and the regulations of this act with respect to the employment of children, young persons, and women in a textile factory shall apply accordingly, as if print works and bleaching and dyeing works were textile factories; save that nothing in this section shall prevent the continous employment of a child, young person, or woman in the said works without an interval of half an hour for a meal, for the period allowed by this act in a non textile factory.

41. When it appears to a secretary of state that by reason of special circumstances affecting any class of workshops, it is expedidient for protecting the health of the children and of the young persons under sixteen years of age employed therein, to extend thereto the prohibition in this section mentioned, he may, by order made under this part of this act, extend to such class of workshops the prohibition in this act of the employment of children and young persons under the age of sixteen years without a certificate of the fitess of such child or young person for employment, and thereupon the provisions of this act with respect to certificates of fitness for employment shall apply to the class of workshops named in the order in like manner as if they were factories.

If the prohibition is proved to the satisfaction of the secretary of state to be no longer necessary for the protection of the health of the children and the young persons under the age of sixteen years employed in any class of workshops to which it has been extended under this section, he may by order made under this part of this act rescind the order of extension, without prejudice nevertheless to the subsequent making of another order.

3-Special Exceptions Relaxing General Law in Certain Factories and Workshops.

a-Period of Employment.

42. In the factories and workshops, or parts thereof, to which this exception applies, the period of employment for young persons and women, if so fixed by the occupier and specified in the notice, may, except on Saturday, begin at eight o'clock in the morning and end at eight o'clock in the evening, and on Saturday may begin at eight o'clock in the morning and end at four o'clock in the afternoon, or where it begins at seven o'clock in the morning may end at three o'clock in the afternoon, and the period of employment for a child in a morning set may begin at the same hour, and the period of employment for a child in an afternoon set may end at the same hour.

This exception applies to the factories and workshops and parts thereof specified in part one of the third schedule to this act

Where it is proved to the satisfaction of a secretary of state that the customs or exigencies of the trade carried on in any class of non-textile factories or workshops, or parts thereof, either generally or when situate in any particular locality, require the extension thereto of this exception, and that the extension can be made without injury to the health of the children, young persons, and women affected thereby, he may, by order made under this part of this act, extend this exception accordingly.

43. Where it is proved to the satisfaction of a secretary of state that the customs or exigencies of the trade carried on in any class of non-textile factories or workshops, or parts thereof, either generally or when situate in any particular locality, require that the special exception hereinafter in this section mentioned should be granted, and that such grant can be made without injury to the health of the children, young persons, and women affected thereby, he may, by order made under this part of this act, grant to such class of factories or workshops, or parts thereof, a special exception, that the period of employment for young persons, and women

therein, if so fixed by the occupier and specified in the rotice, may, on any day, except Saturday, begin at nine o'clock in the morning, and end at nine o'clock in the evening, and in such case the period of employment for a child in a morning set shall begin at nine o'clock in the morning; and the period of employment for a child in an afternoon set shall end at eight o'clock in the evening.

44. The regulations of this act with respect to the employment of young persons in textile factories shall not prevent the employ. ment, in the part of a textile factory in which a machine for the manufacture of lace is moved by steam, water or other mechanical power, of any male person, above the age of sixteen years, between four o'clock in the morning and ten o'clock in the evening, if he is employed in accordance with the following conditions; namely,

(a). Where such young person is employed on any day before the beginning, or after the end of the ordinary period of employment in the factory, there shall be allowed him for meals and absence from work between the above mentioned hours of four in the morning and ten in the evening, not less than nine hours; and

(b). Where such young person is employed on any day before the beginning of the ordinary period of employment in the factory, he shall not be employed on the same day after the end of that period; and

(c). When such young person is employed on any day after the end of the ordinary period of employment in the factory, he shall not be employed next morning before the beginning of the ordinary period of employment. For the purpose of this except on the ordinary period of employment in the factory means the period of employment for young persons under the age of sixteen years or women in the factory, or if none are employed, means such period as can under this act be fixed for the employment of such young persons and women in the factory, and notice of such period shall be affixed in the factory.

45. The regulations of this act with respect to the employment of young persons in non-textile factories or workshops shall not prevent the employment, in the part of a bakehouse in which the process of baking bread is carried on, of any male young person above the age of sixteen years between five o'clock in the morning