Council may restrict washing of clothes by washermen to public
laundries.
Nuisances in factories or workshops,
etc.
Proper latrine accommoda- tion to be provided.
Maintenance
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Laundries.
60. The Council may, by public notice, prohibit the washing of clothes by washermen in the exercise of their calling except at public laundries or at such other places as it may appoint for the purpose.
Maintenance of Sanitary Conditions in Factories.
61. Whenever it appears to the Council that any factory or workshop is damp or that it is not ade- quately lighted or is not ventilated in such a man- ner as to render harmless, as far as practicable, any gas, vapour, dust or other impurity generated in the course of the work carried on therein, or is not maintained in a clean- ly condition, or is so overcrowded during the time in which work is carried on as to be dangerous or injurious to the health of the persons employed therein, the Council may, by written notice, require the owner thereof to take such steps as the Council may consider necessary to prevent such dampness, or adequately to light or ventilate the premises, or to render harmless as far as practicable any gas, vapour, dust or other impurity, or to cleause the premises, or to prevent the same from being overcrowded.
62. Every factory and workshop whatsoever employing not less than 20 persons shall be provided by the owner thereof with proper latrine accommodation on the premises, for the separate use of persons of each sex, to the satisfaction of the Council.
63. Every factory and workshop shall be kept in a of cleanliness. cleanly state.
Lime- washing.
Avoidance of effluvia.
Accommoda-
tion
according
64. (1) All the ceilings and inside walls of a factory or workshop shall be limewashed at least once a year. If these have been oil painted or varnished they shall be washed with hot water and soap once every fourteen months.
(2) The Council may by special order grant exemptions from requirements as to limewashing or washing.
65. Every factory or workshop shall be kept free from effluvia arising from any drain, latrine, urinal or other
nuisance.
66. When less than 250 cubic feet of air space per person are provided in a factory or workshop such factory or to air-space. workshop shall be held to be so overcrowded as to be danger-
ous or injurious to the health of those employed therein.
Number of occupants
to be
posted.
Maintenance of ventila- tion.
67. In every factory and workshop a notice must be affixed specifying the number of persons which can be em- ployed in each room.
68. In every room in every factory and workshop sufficient means of ventilation must be provided and main- tained.
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