Sect. 33. Limewashing and washing of the interior of factories and workshops. PART II. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PARTICULAR (1.) Special Provisions for Health in certain Factories and Workshops. XXXIII. For the purpose of securing the observance of the requirements of this Act as to cleanliness (h) in every factory and workshop, all the inside. walls of the rooms of a factory or workshop, 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 a factory or workshop, if they have not been painted with oil or varnished once at least within seven years, shall be limewashed once at least within every fourteen months, to date from the period when 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 period when last washed. A factory or workshop in which there is a contravention of this section shall be deemed not to be kept in conformity with this Act (i). Where it appears to a Secretary of State that in any class of factories or workshops, or parts thereof, the regulations in this section 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 order made under this part of this Act, grant to such class of factories or (h) See s. 3; p. 2, ante. (i) And the occupier will be liable to a penalty of £10. S. 81. workshops, or parts thereof, a special exception Sect. 33. that the regulations in this section shall not apply thereto (j). the interior houses, XXXIV. Where a bakehouse (k) is situate in any Sect. 34. city, town, or place containing, according to the last Limewashing, paintpublished census for the time being, a population of ing and more than five thousand persons, all the inside walls washing of of the rooms of such bakehouse, and all the ceilings of bakeor 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. XXXV. Where a bakehouse is situate in any Sect. 35. city, town, or place containing, according to the last Provision as published census for the time being, a population of to sleeping places near more than five thousand persons, a place on the bakehouses. 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, (j) Before availing himself of any special exception granted by a Secretary of State under this part of the Act, the occupier must serve upon the inspector and affix in the factory or workshop proper notice of his intention so to do. See s. 66. (k) I.e., any place in which is baked bread, biscuits, or confectionery, from the baking or selling of which a profit is derived. S. 96; 4th sched. (22); pp. 91, 115. Sect. 35. Sect. 36. Provision as to ventila tion by fan in factories and workshops. Sect. 37. Protection of workers in wetspinning. unless it is effectually separated from the bakehouse by a partition extending from the floor to the ceiling; and unless there be an external glazed window of at least nine superficial feet in area, of which at the 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. XXXVI. 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 (7), 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, maintained, and used, the factory or workshop shall be deemed not to be kept in conformity with this Act. XXXVII. 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 in which there is a contravention of (1) Section 3 contains a general provision that factories and workshops shall be ventilated in such a manner as to render harmless so far as is practicable all the dust and other impurities generated in the course of the manufacturing process or handicraft. P. 2, ante. this section shall be deemed not to be kept in con- Sect. 37. formity with this Act. (2.) Special Restrictions as to Employment, Meals, and Certificates of Fitness. XXXVIII. A child or young person shall not, to Sect. 38. the extent mentioned in the first schedule to this Prohibition Act (m), be employed in the factories or workshops of employor parts thereof named in that schedule. Notice of the prohibition in this section shall affixed in a factory or workshop to which it plies (n). be ment of children and young per sons in ap- certain factories or workshops. Sect. 39. meals in XXXIX. A child, young person, or woman shall not be allowed to take a meal or to remain during Prohibition the times allowed for meals (o) in the parts of of taking factories or workshops to which this section ap- certain parts plies (p); and a child, young person, or woman allowed to take a meal or to remain in contraven- shops. tion 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 to this Act. Where it appears to a Secretary of State that by of factories and work (m) The restriction affects the following processes and manufactures, namely, silvering mirrors, making white lead, melting or annealing glass, making or finishing of bricks or tiles (not being ornamental tiles), the making or finishing of salt, grinding in the metal trade, the dipping of lucifer matches, and fustian cutting. See 1st sched. ; p. 103, post. (n) See s. 61; p. 58, post. (0) S. 17 contains the general regulations as to meals. P. 25, ante. (p) This restriction applies to glass works, lucifer match works, and earthenware works. Sect. 39. reason of the nature of the process in any class of factories or workshops or parts thereof not named in the said schedule, the taking of meals therein is specially 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. Sect. 40. In print works and bleaching and dyeing works, period of employment and times allowed for meals. 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. XL. In print works and bleaching and dyeing works (q) 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 (2) These works are "non-textile factories" (see s. 93), and as such would but for the enactment of this section be subject to the regulations of ss. 11, 12, as to the period of employment. "Print works" are any premises in which any persons are employed to print figures, patterns, or designs upon any cotton, linen, woollen, worsted or silken yarn, or upon any woven or felted fabric not being paper. Bleaching and dyeing works are any premises in which the processes of bleaching, beetling, dyeing, calendering, finishing, hooking, lapping, and making up and packing any yarn or cloth of any material, or the dressing or finishing of lace, or any one or more of such processes, or any process incidental thereto, are or is carried on. S. 96; 4th sched. (1), (2); pp. 91, 112. 66 |