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We note with regret that Dr. ~:][air has omitted to acknowledge the help and information which he must have received from Dr. Snell, otherwise he could hardly have written his report after an inquiry lasting not much more than four-and-twenty hours. Such acknowledgment has been made in all other reports which have come under our notice. We agree with Dr. Mair that a medical officer of health can effect much good by advice tendered in a persuasive manner, the enforcement of which is far beyond the limits of the law, and with this view we feel confident that Dr. Snell and every zealous officer will agree.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901. SANITARY ACCOMMODATION. A SANITARY ACCOMMODATIONORDER has now been drafted by the Home Secretary, who, in pursuance of Section 9 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, has determined that the accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences provided in a factory or workshop shall be deemed to be sufficient and suitable within the meaning of the said section if the following conditions are complied with, and not otherwise : 1. In factories or workshops where females are employed or in attendance, there shall be one sanitary convenience for every 25 females. 2. In factories or workshops where males are employed or in attendance, there shall be one sanitary convenience for every 25 males ; provided that (a) In factories or workshops where the number of males employed or in attendance exceeds 100, and sufficient urinal accommodation is also provided, it shall be sufficient if there is one sanitary convenience for every 25 males up to the first 100, and one for every 40 after ; ,(b) In factories or workshops where the number of males employed or in attendance exceeds 500, and the District Inspector of Factories certifies in writing that by means of a check system, or otherwise, proper supervision and control in regard to the use of the conveniences are exercised by officers specially appointed for that purpose, it shall be sufficient if one sanitary convenience is provided for every 60 males, in addition to sufficient urinal accommodation. Any certificate given by an inspector shall be kept attached to the general register,
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and shall be liable at any time to be revoked by notice in writing from the inspector. 3. Every sanitary convenience shall be kep~ in a cleanly state, shall be sufficiently ventilated and lighted, and shall not communicate with any work-room, except through the open air or through an intervening ventilated space. 4. Every sanitary convenience shall have a proper door and fastenings, and be so enclosed as to secure privacy. 5. The sanitary conveniences in a factory or workshop shall be so arranged and maintained as to be conveniently accessible to all persons employed therein at all times during their employment. 6. Where persons of both sexes are employed the conveniences provided for each sex shall be completely separate, with separate screened approaches. [With reference to this Order, a correspondent writes: " Several examples of the confused state of the law relating to factories and workshops have appeared in the columns of this Journal. Such, for instance, as the requirement of proper means of ventilation in workshops where women are employed by Section 7, and the annulling of this requirement in workshops where men only are employed by Section 157. Another example has just come to hand in the form of a draft Order to be made under Section 9, relating to the power of the Secretary of State to determine what is ' sufficient and suitable accommodation.' The section in question applies only to places where Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, is not in operation, and therefore the Order in question, however good it may be, can only apply to rural districts and a few urban districts." It is quite true that the section of the Act which it interprets, and hence the effect of the OMer itself, does n o t apply to London and places in which Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, has been adopted; but there are a good many districts in England, Wales, and Ireland to which it will apply, and the 1890 Act does not extend to Scotland. Even in those districts to which the Order does not apply, its requirements will doubtles~ be used as a standard.--ED.]
REVIEWS. THE
EARTH
IN RELATION TO THE PRESERVATION AND DESTRUCTION
OF CONTAGIA: BEING THE MILROY LECTURES DELIVERED AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS IN 1899, TOGETHER WITH OTHER
PAPERS ON SANITATION. By George Vivian Poore, m.D., F.R.C.P., Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine, University College, London; Physician to University College Hospital, etc. Pp. 257, with thirteen illustrations. Price 5s. net. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1902. Half of this volume is occupied by the l~Iilroy Lectures on "The Earth in Relation to the Preservation and Destruction of" Contagia." The remainder is occupied by an address delivered to the Royal
Factory and Workshop Act, 19ol
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We note with regret that Dr. ~:][air has omitted to acknowledge the help and information which he must have received from Dr. Snell, otherwise he could hardly have written his report after an inquiry lasting not much more than four-and-twenty hours. Such acknowledgment has been made in all other reports which have come under our notice. We agree with Dr. Mair that a medical officer of health can effect much good by advice tendered in a persuasive manner, the enforcement of which is far beyond the limits of the law, and with this view we feel confident that Dr. Snell and every zealous officer will agree.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901. SANITARY ACCOMMODATION. A SANITARY ACCOMMODATIONORDER has now been drafted by the Home Secretary, who, in pursuance of Section 9 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, has determined that the accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences provided in a factory or workshop shall be deemed to be sufficient and suitable within the meaning of the said section if the following conditions are complied with, and not otherwise : 1. In factories or workshops where females are employed or in attendance, there shall be one sanitary convenience for every 25 females. 2. In factories or workshops where males are employed or in attendance, there shall be one sanitary convenience for every 25 males ; provided that (a) In factories or workshops where the number of males employed or in attendance exceeds 100, and sufficient urinal accommodation is also provided, it shall be sufficient if there is one sanitary convenience for every 25 males up to the first 100, and one for every 40 after ; ,(b) In factories or workshops where the number of males employed or in attendance exceeds 500, and the District Inspector of Factories certifies in writing that by means of a check system, or otherwise, proper supervision and control in regard to the use of the conveniences are exercised by officers specially appointed for that purpose, it shall be sufficient if one sanitary convenience is provided for every 60 males, in addition to sufficient urinal accommodation. Any certificate given by an inspector shall be kept attached to the general register,
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and shall be liable at any time to be revoked by notice in writing from the inspector. 3. Every sanitary convenience shall be kep~ in a cleanly state, shall be sufficiently ventilated and lighted, and shall not communicate with any work-room, except through the open air or through an intervening ventilated space. 4. Every sanitary convenience shall have a proper door and fastenings, and be so enclosed as to secure privacy. 5. The sanitary conveniences in a factory or workshop shall be so arranged and maintained as to be conveniently accessible to all persons employed therein at all times during their employment. 6. Where persons of both sexes are employed the conveniences provided for each sex shall be completely separate, with separate screened approaches. [With reference to this Order, a correspondent writes: " Several examples of the confused state of the law relating to factories and workshops have appeared in the columns of this Journal. Such, for instance, as the requirement of proper means of ventilation in workshops where women are employed by Section 7, and the annulling of this requirement in workshops where men only are employed by Section 157. Another example has just come to hand in the form of a draft Order to be made under Section 9, relating to the power of the Secretary of State to determine what is ' sufficient and suitable accommodation.' The section in question applies only to places where Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, is not in operation, and therefore the Order in question, however good it may be, can only apply to rural districts and a few urban districts." It is quite true that the section of the Act which it interprets, and hence the effect of the OMer itself, does n o t apply to London and places in which Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, has been adopted; but there are a good many districts in England, Wales, and Ireland to which it will apply, and the 1890 Act does not extend to Scotland. Even in those districts to which the Order does not apply, its requirements will doubtles~ be used as a standard.--ED.]
REVIEWS. THE
EARTH
IN RELATION TO THE PRESERVATION AND DESTRUCTION
OF CONTAGIA: BEING THE MILROY LECTURES DELIVERED AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS IN 1899, TOGETHER WITH OTHER
PAPERS ON SANITATION. By George Vivian Poore, m.D., F.R.C.P., Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine, University College, London; Physician to University College Hospital, etc. Pp. 257, with thirteen illustrations. Price 5s. net. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1902. Half of this volume is occupied by the l~Iilroy Lectures on "The Earth in Relation to the Preservation and Destruction of" Contagia." The remainder is occupied by an address delivered to the Royal