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(c) A suitable place or places for the storage of overall suits provided in pursuance of Regulation 7 (a); which place or places shall be separate from that required by paragraph (a) of this Regulation.

10. There shall be provided and maintained in a cleanly state and in good repair for the use of all persons employed in any chrome process—

(a) A lavatory, under cover, with a sufficient supply of clean towels, renewed daily, and of soap and nail brushes, and with either

(i.) A trough with a smooth impervious surface fitted

with a waste-pipe, without plug, and of sufficient length as to allow of at least 2 feet for every five such persons employed at any one time, and having a constant supply of warm water from taps or jets above the trough at intervals of not more than 2 feet; or

(ii.) At least one lavatory basin for every five such persons employed at any one time, fitted with a waste-pipe and plug, and having either a constant supply of hot and cold water or warm water laid on, or (if a constant supply of heated water be not reasonably practicable) a constant supply of cold water laid on, and a supply of hot water always at hand when required for use by such persons;

and for the use of all persons employed in the crystal department or in packing

(b) Sufficient and suitable bath accommodation with hot and cold water laid on and a sufficient supply of soap and

towels.

II. A Bath Register shall be kept containing a list of all persons employed in the crystal department and packing, and an entry of the date when each person takes a bath.

PART II.-12. Every person employed in a chrome process shall present himself at the appointed time for examination by the Surgeon, in pursuance of Regulation 5 (a).

13. No person employed shall, after suspension, work in any chrome process without written sanction from the Surgeon, entered in the Health Register.

14. Every person employed in any chrome process shall deposit in the place or places provided in pursuance of Regulation 9 (b) all clothing put off during working hours.

15. Every person for whose use an overall suit is provided in pursuance of Regulation 7 (a) shall wear the overall suit when employed in grinding the raw materials, and, on leaving the

premises, deposit it in the place provided under Regulation 9 (c).

16. Every person for whose use a respirator is provided in pursuance of Regulation 8 shall wear the respirator while employed in packing.

17. Every person employed in grinding the raw materials, or in the crystal department, or in packing, shall, before leaving the premises, thoroughly wash the face and hands.

18. Every person employed in the crystal department or in packing shall take a bath at the factory at least once a week; and, having done so, he shall at once sign his name in the Bath Register with the date; provided that

This Regulation shall not apply in the case of a workman who is unwell.

19. No person shall take a meal in the crystal department. 20. No person employed shall interfere in any way, without the concurrence of the occupier or manager, with the means provided for the carrying out of these Regulations.

APPENDIX IX

(CHAPTER XIV.)

SPECIAL MODIFICATIONS, ETC., OF THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901

(a) REGULATIONS AS TO GRINDING IN TENEMENT FACTORY (THIRD SCHEDULE TO THE ACT AND SPECIAL EXEMPTION) (1) BOARDS to fence the shafting and pulleys, locally known as drum boards, must be provided and kept in proper repair.

(2) Hand rails must be fixed over the drums and kept in proper repair.

(3) Belt guards, locally known as scotchmen, must be provided and kept in proper repair.

(4) Every floor constructed on or after the 1st day of January 1896 must be so constructed and maintained as to facilitate the removal of slush, and all necessary shoots, pits, and other conveniences must be provided for facilitating such removal.

(5) Every grinding room or hull established on or after the Ist day of January 1896 must be so constructed that for the purpose of light grinding there shall be a clear space of 3 feet at least between each pair of troughs, and for the purpose of heavy grinding there shall be a clear space of 4 feet at least between each pair of troughs and 6 feet at least in front of each trough. (6) The sides of all drums in every grinding room or hull must be closely fenced.

(7) Except in pursuance of a special exemption granted by the Secretary of State, a grindstone must not be run before any fireplace or in front of another grindstone.

A special exemption is now in force which permits the running of a grindstone in front of

(a) Bolster stones used by table blade grinders, and

(b) Humping and shank stones used by scissor grinders. (8) A grindstone erected on or after the 1st day of January 1896 must not be run before any door or other entrance.

(b) REGULATIONS FOR COTTON CLOTH FACTORIES

The following Regulations now apply, in substitution for Sections 90, 91, 92, and 94, and Schedule IV. of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, to all factories in which is carried on the weaving of cotton cloth.

For the purposes of these Regulations

"Humid shed" means any room in which the weaving of cotton cloth is carried on with aid of artificial humidification.

"Artificial humidification " means humidification of the air of a room by any artificial means whatsoever, except the use of gas or oil for lighting purposes only. Provided that in a room in which there are no distributing pipes or ducts, the introduction of air directly from the open air outside through mats or cloths moistened with cold water shall not, if adopted solely at times when the temperature of the room is 70 degrees or more, be deemed to be artificial humidification.

“Dry shed” means any room, other than a humid shed, in which the weaving of cotton cloth is carried on.

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Degrees" (of temperature) means degrees on the Fahrenheit

"Hygrometer" means an accurate wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer, conforming to such conditions, as regards construction and maintenance, as the Secretary of State may prescribe by Order.

1. There shall be no artificial humidification in any humid shed

(a) At any time when the wet-bulb reading of the hygrometer exceeds 75 degrees; or

(b) At any time when the wet-bulb reading of the hygrometer is higher than that specified in the Schedule of this Order in relation to the dry-bulb reading of the hygrometer at that time; or, as regards a dry-bulb reading intermediate between any two dry-bulb readings indicated consecutively in the Schedule, when the drybulb reading does not exceed the wet-bulb reading to the extent indicated in relation to the lower of those two dry-bulb readings; or

(c) At any time, after the first half-hour of employment in any day, when the dry-bulb reading of the hygrometer is below 50 degrees; or

(d) At any time, within the first half-hour of employment on any day, when the wet-bulb reading of the hygrometer is less than 2 degrees below the dry-bulb reading. 2. No water which is liable to cause injury to the health

of the persons employed, or to yield effluvia, shall be used for artificial humidification, and for the purpose of this Regulation any water which absorbs from acid solution of permanganate of potash in 4 hours at 60 degrees more than 0.5 grain of oxygen per gallon of water shall be deemed to be liable to cause injury to the health of the persons employed.

3. In each humid shed two hygrometers, and one additional hygrometer for every 500 or part of 500 looms in excess of 700 looms, shall be provided and maintained, in such positions as may be approved by the Inspector of the District.

A copy of the Schedule appended to this Order shall be kept affixed near to each hygrometer provided in pursuance of this Regulation.

4. In every humid shed the readings of each hygrometer, provided in pursuance of Regulation 3, shall be observed on every day on which any workers are employed in the shed, jointly by representatives of the occupier and of the persons employed, between 7 and 8 A.M., between II A.M. and 12 noon, and (except on Saturday) between 4 and 5 P.M.

The prescribed Humidity Register shall be kept in the factory. If any readings taken as above are such as to indicate contravention of Regulation 1 or Regulation 5, the persons who have taken them shall forthwith enter and sign them in the prescribed Humidity Register, and a copy of each such entry shall also be sent forthwith, in the prescribed form, to the Inspector of the District.

At the end of each week the persons appointed to take the readings shall enter and sign in the prescribed Humidity Register a declaration that during the week the readings have been duly taken by them as required by this Regulation, and that (subject to any exception recorded as above) no readings have been such as to indicate contravention of Regulation I or Regulation 5.

The entries in the Humidity Register shall be prima facie evidence of the temperature and humidity of the air of the humid shed.

5. In every dry shed and in every humid shed the arrangements shall be such that (1) during working hours the temperature shall not at any time on that day be below 50 degrees, and (2) no person employed shall be exposed to a direct draught from any air inlet, or to any draught at a temperature of less than 50 degrees.

Provided that it shall be sufficient compliance with the requirement marked (1) in this Regulation if the heating apparatus be put into operation at the commencement of work, and if the required temperature be maintained after the expiration of half an hour from the commencement of work.

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