Schedule C. (Wool or hair not needing to be opened over an opening screen but required to be sorted over a board provided with downward draught.) All mohair other than van mohair. NOTE. The danger against which these regulations are directed is that of anthraxa fatal disease affecting certain animals, which may be conveyed from them to man by the handling of wools or hairs from animals which have died of the disease. The germs of the disease (anthrax spores) are found in the dust attaching to the wool, or in the excrement, and in the substance of the pieces of skin, and may remain active for years. In this country and Australia anthrax is rare,. consequently there is little danger in handling wools from the sheep of these two countries, but in China, Persia, Turkey, Russia, the East Indies, and in many other parts of the world, the disease is common, and infected fleeces or locks (which may not differ from others in appearance) are often shipped to Great Britain. Hence, in handling foreign dry wools and hair, the above regulations should be carefully observed. Greasy wools are comparatively free from dust and therefore little risk is incurred in handling them. The disease is communicated to man sometimes by breathing or swallowing the dust from these wools or hair, and sometimes by the poison lodging in some point where the skin is broken, such as a fresh scratch or cut, or a scratched pimple, or even chapped hands. This happens more readily on the uncovered parts of the body, the hand, arm, face, and most frequently of all, on the neck, owing either to infected wool rubbing against the bare skin, or to dust from such wool alighting on the raw surface. But a raw surface covered by clothing is not free from risk, for the dust lodging upon the clothes may sooner or later work its way to the skin beneath. Infection may also be brought about by rubbing or scratching a pimple with hand or nail carrying the anthrax poison. Use of the nailbrush, and frequent washing and bathing of the whole body, especially of the arms, neck, and head, will lessen the chance of contracting anthrax. The first symptom of anthrax is usually a small inflamed swelling like a pimple or boil-often quite painless-which extends, and in a few days becomes black at the center, and surrounded by other "pimples." The poison is now liable to be absorbed into the system, and will cause risk of life, which can be avoided only by prompt and effective medical treatment in the early stage, while the poison is still contined to the pimple. Hence, it is of the utmost importance that a doctor should be at once consulted if there is any suspicion of infection. FLAX AND TOW SPINNING AND WEAVING. Whereas the processes of spinning and weaving flax and tow and the processes incidental thereto have been certified in pursuance of section 79 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, to be dangerous: I hereby in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by that act make the following regulations, and direct that they shall apply to all factories in which the processes named above are carried on, and to all workshops in which the processes of roughing, sorting, or hand-hackling of flax or tow are carried on. These regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of February, 1907. Provided that in the case of all rooms in which roughing or hand-hackling is now carried on, and in which there is respectively (a) no system of local mechanical exhaust ventilation, or (b) no artificial ineans of regulating the temperature, Regulations 2 and 3, respectively, shall not come into force until the 1st day of February, 1908. In these regulations Definitions. "Degrees" means degrees on the Fahrenheit scale. 'Roughing, sorting, hand-hackling, machine-hackling, carding, and preparing" mean those processes in the manufacture of flax or tow. It shall be the duty of the occupier to observe Part I of these regulations. It shall be the duty of all persons employed to observe Part II of these regulations. PART I. Duties of occupiers. 1. In every room in which persons are employed the arrangements shall be such that during working hours the proportion of carbonic acid in the air of the room shall not exceed 20 volumes per 10,000 volumes of air at any time when gas or oil is used for lighting (or within one hour thereafter) or 12 volumes per 10,000 when electric light is used (or within one hour thereafter) or 9 volumes per 10,000 at any other time. Provided that it shall be a sufficient compliance with this regulation if the proportion of carbonic acid in the air of the room does not exceed that of the open air outside by more than 5 volumes per 10,000 volumes of air. 2. In every room in which roughing, sorting, or hand-hackling is carried on, and in every room in which machine-hackling, carding, or preparing is carried on, and in which dust is generated and inhaled to an extent likely to cause injury to the health of the workers, efficient exhaust and inlet ventilation shall be provided to secure that the dust is drawn away from the workers at, or as near as reasonably possible to, the point at which it is generated. For the purposes of this regulation the exhaust ventilation in the case of handhackling, roughing, or sorting shall not be deemed to be efficient if the exhaust opening at the back of the hackling pins measures less than 4 inches across in any direction, or has a sectional area of less than 50 square inches, or if the linear velocity of the draught passing through it is less than 400 feet per minute at any point within a sectional area of 50 square inches. 3. In every room in which hand-hackling, roughing, sorting, machine-hackling, carding, or preparing is carried on, an accurate thermometer shall be kept affixed; and the arrangements shall be such that the temperature of the room shall not at any time during working hours where hand-hackling, roughing, or machine-hackling is carried on, fall below 50 degrees, or where sorting, carding, or preparing is carried on below 55 degrees; and that no person employed shall be exposed to a direct draft from any air inlet, or to any draft at a temperature of less than 50 degrees. Provided that it shall be a sufficient compliance with 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 one hour from the commencement of work. 4. In every room in which wet-spinning is carried on, or in which artificial humidity of air is produced in aid of manufacture, a set of standardized wet and dry bulb thermometers shall be kept affixed in the center of the room or in such other position as may be directed by the inspector of the district by notice in writing, and shall be maintained in correct working order. Each of the above thermometers shall be read between 10 and 11 a. m. on every day that any person is employed in the room, and again between 3 and 4 p. m. on every day that any person is employed in the room after 1 p. m., and cach reading shall be at once entered on the prescribed form. The form shall be hung up near the thermometers to which it relates, and shall be forwarded, duly filled in, at the end of each calendar month to the inspector of the district. Provided that this part of this regulation shall not apply to any room in which the difference of reading between the wet and dry bulb thermometers is never less than 4 degrees, if notice of intention to work on that system has been given in the prescribed form to the inspector for the district, and a copy of the notice is kept affixed in the room to which it applies. 5. The humidity of the atmosphere of any room to which Regulation 4 applies shall not at any time be such that the difference between the readings of the wet and dry bulb thermometers is less than 2 degrees. 6. No water shall be used for producing humidity of the air, or in wet-spinning troughs, which is liable to cause injury to the health of the persons employed or to vield effluvia; and for the purpose of this regulation any water which absorbs from acid solution of permanganate of potash in four 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. 7. Efficient means shall be adopted to prevent the escape of steam from wet-spinning troughs. 8. The pipes used for the introduction of steam into any room in which the temperature exceeds 70 degrees, or for heating the water in any wet-spinning trough, shall, so far as they are within the room and not covered by water, be as small in diameter and as limited in length as is reasonably practicable, and shall be effectively covered with nonconducting material. 9. Efficient splash guards shall be provided and maintained on all wet-spinning frames of 24 inch pitch and over, and on all other wet-spinning frames unless waterproof skirts, and bibs of suitable material, are provided by the occupier and worn by the workers. Provided that if the chief inspector is satisfied with regard to premises in use prior to 30th June, 1905, that the structural conditions are such that splash guards can not conveniently be used, he may suspend the requirement as to splash guards. Such suspension shall only be allowed by certificate in writing, signed by the chief inspector, and shall be subject to such conditions as may be stated in the certificate. 10. The floor of every wet-spinning room shall be kept in sound condition, and drained so as to prevent retention or accumulation of water. 11. There shall be provided for all persons employed in any room in which wetspinning is carried on, or in which artificial humidity of air is produced in aid of manufacture, suitable and convenient accommodation in which to keep the clothing taken off before starting work, and in the case of a building erected after 30th June, 1905, in which the difference between the readings of the wet and dry bulb thermometers is at any time less than 4 degrees, such accommodation shall be provided in cloakrooms ventilated and kept at a suitable temperature and situated in or near the workrooms in question. 12. Suitable and efficient respirators shall be provided for the use of the persons employed in machine-hackling, preparing, and carding. PART II.-Duties of persons employed. 13. All persons employed on wet-spinning frames without efficient splash guards shall wear the skirts and bibs provided by the occupier in pursuance of Regulation 9. 14. No person shall in any way interfere, without the concurrence of the occupier or manager, with the means and appliances provided for ventilation, or for the removal of dust, or for the other purposes of these regulations. H. J. GLADSTONE, One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. HOME OFFICE, Whitehall, 26th February, 1906. FILE CUTTING BY HAND. Whereas the process of file cutting by hand has been certified in pursuance of section 79 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, to be dangerous: I hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by that act, make the following regulations, and direct that they shall apply to all factories and workshops (including tenement factories and tenement workshops) or parts thereof in which the process of file cutting by hand is carried on: Provided that the chief inspector of factories may by certificate in writing exempt from all or any of these regulations any factory or workshop in which he is satisfied that the beds used are of such composition as not to entail danger to the health of the persons employed. 1. The number of stocks in any room shall not be more than one stock for every 350 cubic feet of air space in the room; and in calculating air space for the purpose of this regulation any space more than 10 feet above the floor of the room shall not be reckoned. 2. After the 1st day of January, 1904, the distance between the stocks measured from the center of one stock to the center of the next shall not be less than 2 feet 6 inches, and after the 1st day of January, 1905, the said distance shall not be less than 3 feet. 3. Every room shall have a substantial floor, the whole of which shall be covered with a washable material, save that it shall be optional to leave a space not exceding 6 inches in width round the base of each stock. The floor of every room shall be kept in good repair. 4. Efficient inlet and outlet ventilators shall be provided in every room. The inlet ventilators shall be so arranged and placed as not to cause a direct draft of incoming air to fall on the workmen employed at the stocks. The ventilators shall be kept in good repair and in working order. 5. No person shall interfere with or impede the working of the ventilators. 6. Sufficient and suitable washing conveniences shall be provided and maintained for the use of the file cutters. The washing conveniences shall be under cover and shall comprise at least one fixed basin for every ten or less stocks. Every basin shall be fitted with a waste pipe discharging over a drain or into some receptacle of a capacity at least equal to one gallon for every file cutter using the basin. Water shall be laid on to every basin either from the main or from a tank of a capacity of not less than 14 gallons to every worker supplied from such tank. A supply of clean water shall be kept in the said tank while work is going on at least sufficient to enable every worker supplied from such tank to wash. 7. The walls and ceiling of every room, except such parts as are painted or varnished or made of glazed brick, shall be limewashed once in every six months ending the 30th of June and once in every six months ending the 31st of December. 8. The floor and such parts of the walls and ceiling as are not limewashed and the benches shall be cleansed once a week. 9. If the factory or workshop is situated in a dwelling house the work of file cutting shall not be carried on in any room which is used as a sleeping place or for cooking or eating meals. 37691 No. 75-08-20 10. Every file cutter shall when at work wear a long apron reaching from the shoulders and neck to below the knees. The apron shall be kept in a cleanly state. 11. A copy of these regulations and an abstract of the provisions of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, shall be kept affixed in the factory or workshop in a conspicuous place. 12. It shall be the duty of the occupier to carry out Regulations 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 11; except that, in any room in a tenement factory or tenement workshop which is let to more than one occupier, it shall be the duty of the owner to carry out these regulations, except the last clause of Regulation 6, which shall be carried out by the occupiers. It shall be the duty of the occupier or occupiers to carry out Regulation 8. It shall be the duty of the occupier or occupiers and of every workman to observe Regulations 5, 9, and 10. These regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of September, 1903. A. AKERS-DOUGLAS, One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. HOME OFFICE, Whitehall, 19th June, 1903. SPECIAL RULES FOR THE BOTTLING OF AERATED WATER. (Form 273-A 1/3/01.) Duties of occupiers. 1. They shall provide all bottlers with face guards, masks, or veils of wire gauze. They shall provide all wirers, sighters, and labelers with face guards, masks, or veils of wire gauze, or goggles. 2. They shall provide all bottlers with full-length gauntlets for both arms. They shall provide all wirers, sighters, and labelers with gauntlets for both arms, protecting at least half of the palm and the space between the thumb and forefinger. 3. They shall cause all machines for bottling to be so constructed, so placed, or so fenced, as to prevent as far as possible, during the operation of filling or corking, a fragment of a bursting bottle from striking any bottler, wirer, sighter, labeler, or washer. Duties of persons employed. 4. All bottlers shall, while at work, wear face guards, masks, or veils of wire gauze. All wirers, sighters, and labelers shall, while at work, wear face guards, masks, or veils of wire gauze, or goggles; except labelers when labeling bottles standing in cases. 5. All bottlers shall, while at work, wear on both arms, full-length gauntlets. All wirers, sighters, and labelers shall, while at work, wear on both arms gauntlets protecting at least half of the palm and the space between the thumb and forefinger; except labelers when labeling bottles standing in cases. AUGUST, 1897. ARTHUR WHITELEGGE, These rules are required to be posted up in conspicuous places in the factory or workshop to which they apply, where they may be conveniently read by the persons employed. Any person who willfully injures or defaces them is liable to a penalty of five pounds [$24.33]. Occupiers of factories and workshops, and persons employed therein, who are bound to observe any special rules, are liable to penalties for noncompliance (Factory and Workshop Act, 1891, sections 9 and 11). The employer is required to provide the articles mentioned in the rules, and to take all reasonable precautions to the best of his power to enforce their use, but the responsibility for the actual wearing of them rests with the person employed. SPINNING BY SELF-ACTING MULES. Whereas certain machinery used in the process of spinning in textile factories, and known as self-acting mules, has been certified, in pursuance of section 79 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, to be dangerous to life and limb; I hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by that act, make the following regulations, and direct that they shall apply to all factories or parts thereof in which the process of spinning by means of self-acting mules is carried on: 1. In these regulations the term "minder' means the person in charge of a selfacting mule for the time being. 2. Save as hereinafter provided it shall be the duty of the occupier of a factory to observe Part I of these regulations: provided that it shall be the duty of the owner (whether or not he is one of the occupiers) of a tenement factory to observe Part I of these regulations, except so far as relates to such parts of the machinery as are supplied by the occupier. It shall be the duty of the persons employed to observe Part II of these regulations, but it shall be the duty of the occupier, for the purpose of enforcing their observance, to keep a copy of the regulations in legible characters affixed in every mule room, in a conspicuous position where they may be conveniently read. PART I.-Duties of occupiers. 3. After January 1st, 1906, the following parts of every self-acting mule shall be securely fenced as far as is reasonably practicable, unless it can be shown that by their position or construction they are equally safe to every person employed as they would be if securely fenced. (a) Back shaft scrolls and carrier pulleys and draw band pulleys. (b) Front and back carriage wheels. (c) Faller-stops. (d) Quadrant pinions. (e) Back of headstocks, including rim pulleys and taking-in scrolls. (f) Rim band tightening pulleys, other than plate wheels, connected with a selfacting mule erected after January 1st, 1906. PART II.-Duties of persons employed. 4. It shall be the duty of the minder of every self-acting mule to take all reasonable care to ensure: (a) That no child cleans any part or under any part thereof whilst the mule is in motion by the aid of mechanical power. (b) That no woman, young person, or child works between the fixed and traversing parts thereof whilst the mule is in motion by the aid of mechanical power. (c) That no person is in the space between the fixed and traversing parts thereof unless the mule is stopped on the outward run. 5. No self-acting mule shall be started or restarted except by the minder or at his express order, nor until he has ascertained that no person is in the space between the fixed and traversing parts thereof. A. AKERS-DOUGLAS, One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. HOME OFFICE, Whitehall, 17th October, 1905. LOADING GOODS ON DOCKS AND WHARVES. Whereas the processes of loading, unloading, moving, and handling goods in, on, or at any dock, wharf, or quay, and the processes of loading, unloading, and coaling any ship in any dock, harbor, or canal have been certified in pursuance of section 79 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, to be dangerous: I hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by that act, make the following regulations for the protection of persons employed in the processes or in any of them, and direct that they shall apply to all docks, wharves, quays, and ships as aforesaid. These regulations shall come into force on the 1st of January, 1905, except that so much of Regulations 6 and 8 as require structural alterations shall come into force on the 1st of January, 1908. Nothing in Parts II to VI, inclusive, of these regulations shall apply to the unloading of fish from a vessel employed in the catching of fish. The secretary of state may by order in writing exempt from all or any of the regulations and for such time and subject to such conditions as he may prescribe any docks, wharves, or quays in respect of which application for such exemption shall have been made to him by the department of agriculture and technical instruction for Ireland or by the congested districts board for Ireland. In these regulations: Definitions. "Processes means the processes above mentioned; or any of them. "Person employed" means a person employed in the above processes or any of them. |