This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... some cases the Inspector can order a fan or other mechanical means of ventilation to be put in. The Home Secretary has power to prescribe a standard of ventilation for any class of factories or workshops. Temperature.--It is provided that adequate measures must be taken for securing and maintaining a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... some cases the Inspector can order a fan or other mechanical means of ventilation to be put in. The Home Secretary has power to prescribe a standard of ventilation for any class of factories or workshops. Temperature.--It is provided that adequate measures must be taken for securing and maintaining a reasonable temperature, and the measures taken to secure this temperature must not interfere with the purity of the air. Overcrowding.--This is illegal. 250 cubic feet of space must be allowed to every person, and when overtime is being worked there must be an allowance of 400 cubic feet of space to each person. This allowance is required also in a workshop (not a domestic workshop) which is used as a sleeping apartment by night. Lime-washing.--Every factory should be lime-washed regularly, and there are special directions as to painting, varnishing, and prevention of all effluvia. The only difference between the requirements as to lime-washing in factory and workshop is that in the latter the lime-washing is left to the discretion of the Sanitary Inspector, and is not required every fourteen months as in factories. Sanitary Conveniences.--Sanitary conveniences must be suitable, sufficient, and separate for the sexes. The Home Secretary has power, as for ventilation, to lay down a standard of sufficiency, and this he has done in the clearest manner, so that all the objectionable features in these places of which I have spoken are now guarded against, where the law is enforced. Drainage of Floors.--It is provided that where processes are carried on which render the floors sufficiently wet to be capable of drainage adequate means must be taken for draining off the wet. Workers' Representations.--It has been said that it is essential that the workers...
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