In a tenement factory it shall be the duty of the owner to provide and maintain the arrangements required for the purpose of the requirement marked (1) in this Regulation.

6. In a humid shed in which steam pipes are used for the introduction of steam for the purpose of artificial humidification of the air

(a) The diameter of such pipes shall not exceed 2 inches, and in the case of pipes hereafter installed the diameter shall not exceed 1 inch;

(b) Such pipes shall be as short as is reasonably practicable; (c) Such pipes shall be effectively covered with insulating material kept in good repair, in such manner that the amount of steam condensed in the covered pipe shall not exceed one-fifth of the amount of steam condensed in the bare pipe under the same conditions; and there shall be kept attached to the General Register a certificate from the manufacturer of the covering to the effect that a sample of the covering has been tested by an authority approved by the Chief Inspector of Factories, and has been found to conform to the above standard;

(d) All hangers supporting such pipes shall be separated from the bare pipes by an efficient insulator not less than half an inch in thickness;

(e) No uncovered jet from such a pipe shall project more than 4 inches beyond the outer surface of such covering; (f) The steam pressure shall be as low as practicable, and shall not exceed 70 lb. per square inch;

7. In every humid shed hereafter erected

(a) The average height of the shed shall not be less than 14 feet, nor the height of the valley-gutters from the floor less than 12 feet;

(b) The lights shall as far as possible face true North; or if this be impracticable, between North-East and NorthNorth-West;

(c) The glass of the lights shall be at an angle of not more than 30 degrees to the vertical, except in the case of flat concrete or brick roofs;

(d) The boiler-house and engine-room shall be separated from the shed by an alley-way, not less than 6 feet wide and either open to the outside air or provided with louvre or roof ventilators capable of being opened in summer, and of an area equal to one-quarter of the floor area of the alley-way;

(e) No boiler flue shall pass under the shed, or within 6 feet horizontally from the wall of the shed.

8. In every humid shed and in every dry shed the whole of the outside of the roof (windows excepted) and the inside surface of the glass of the roof-windows shall be white-washed every year before the 31st May, and the white-wash shall be effectively maintained until the 15th of September.

Provided that the above requirements of this Regulation, so far as regards roof-windows, may be suspended by certificate in writing from the Inspector of the District, if it is shown to his satisfaction that the roof-windows are so placed, or are so shaded by adjacent buildings, that the direct rays of the sun can never impinge upon them at any time during any day; which certificate shall be kept attached to the General Register.

9. In every humid shed and in every dry shed the arrangements for ventilation shall be such that at no time during working hours shall the proportion of carbon dioxide in the air in any part of the shed exceed the limit specified below for that shed, namely―

For humid sheds eight
For dry sheds eleven

Provided that—

(parts by volume of carbon dioxide per 10,000 parts of air in excess of the proportion in the outside air at the time.

(1) During any period in which it is necessary to use gas or oil for lighting purposes, and

(2) Before the end of the dinner-hour on any day in which gas or oil has been so used,

it shall be sufficient compliance with this Regulation if means of ventilation sufficient to secure observance of the above requirement during daylight are maintained in full use and in efficient working order.

10. In every humid shed erected after 2nd February 1898, sufficient and suitable cloak-room or cloak-rooms shall be provided for the use of all persons employed therein, and shall be ventilated and kept at a suitable temperature.

In every humid shed and dry shed to which the above provision does not apply and in which a suitable and sufficient cloak-room is not provided, suitable and sufficient accommodation within the shed shall be provided for the clothing of all persons employed, within a reasonable distance of the place of employment and consisting of a sufficient number of pegs, not less than one for each person employed and not less than 18 inches apart, and of a covering of suitable non-conducting material spaced not less than half an inch from the wall or pillar, and so arranged that no moisture either from above, or from the wall or pillar, can reach the clothing.

(c) AMENDED Schedule of thE MAXIMUM LIMITS OF HUMIDITY OF ATMOSPHERE TO BE OBSERVED AT GIVEN TEMPERATURES IN FACTORIES IN WHICH THE SPINNING OF MERINO, CASHMERE, OR WOOL BY THE FRENCH" OR "DRY" PROCESS

IS CARRIED ON

APPENDIX X

(CHAPTER XV., ETC.)

TABULAR STATEMENT OF OFFENCES AND PENALTIES UNDER THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901, AND OTHER ACTS

(a) OFFENCES AND PENALTIES UNDER THE FACTORY ACT THERE are two main offences and several miscellaneous offences. (i.) The first main offence is that a factory or a workshop is not kept in conformity with the Act. This is the offence which is committed when there is a contravention of the following sections, viz. :

Scope of Section.

Sanitary condition of factories.

Temperature of factories and workshops.

Ventilation of rooms in factories.

Drainage of floors in factories.

Sanitary conveniences in factories and workshops.

Fencing of machinery in factories.

Steam boilers in factories and workshops.

Self-acting machines in factories.

Maintenance of means of escape in case of fire in factories and workshops.

Doors of factories and workshops to open from inside.

Ventilation by fan in factories and workshops where there are dangerous processes.

Lavatories and meals in certain dangerous trades (factories and workshops).

Restrictions as to employment in wet-spinning
(factories).

Regulations as to grinding in tenement factory.
Lime-washing, etc., of bakehouses.

Prohibition of underground bakehouses.

Ventilation, etc., of laundries worked by mechanical power.

Under Section 135, if a factory or workshop is not kept in