(b) Wash the hands and clean the nails before partaking of food or leaving the premises; and

(c) Report any cut or sore to the foreman, and until it has been treated abstain from work on any such material. 17. Every person employed shall wear the respirator provided in pursuance of Regulation 10 while engaged in work necessitated by Regulations 6, 7, and 8.

18. If the arrangement for disinfection, or any fan, or any other appliance for the carrying out of these Regulations, appears to any workman to be out of order or defective, he shall immediately report it to the foreman.

(13) Factories in which the casting of brass is carried on. Exceptions: (i.) The Regulations shall not apply to a sand

casting shop having an air-space equivalent to 2500 cubic feet for each of the persons employed nor to any other casting shop having an air-space equivalent to 3500 cubic feet for each of the persons employed. Provided

(a) That provision is made for the egress of the fumes during casting by inlets below and outlets above of adequate size, and

(b) That a notice in the prescribed form, giving the prescribed particulars, shall be kept affixed at or near the entrance of the casting shop and that a copy shall be sent to the Inspector of the district, and

(c) That the conditions of exemption stated in such notice are not departed from ;

(ii.) So much of Regulation I as requires that exhaust

draught shall be maintained during the process of casting shall not apply in the case of strip or solid drawn tube casting or any other class of casting which the Secretary of State may certify on that behalf, provided that

(a) The exhaust draught cannot be so maintained without damage to the metal (proof of which shall be upon the occupier); and

(b) The exhaust draught is put into operation immediately after the casting; and

(c) Provision is made for the egress of fumes during casting by inlets below and outlets above of adequate size.

(iii.) Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector of Factories that by reason of exceptional features in the construction or situation of a casting

shop or by reason of the infrequency of the casting or the small quantity or the nature or composition of the metal cast or other circumstances all or any of the Regulations are not necessary for the protection of the persons employed, he may by certificate in writing (which he may in his discretion revoke) exempt such casting shop from all or any of the provisions of the same subject to such conditions as he may by such certificate prescribe. In these Regulations (including the above provisions and exceptions)

'Brass means any alloy of copper and zinc.

"Casting" includes the pouring and skimming of brass. Casting shop" means any place in which casting of brass is carried on.

Sand-casting" means casting in moulds prepared by hand in sand or loam or sand and loam.

Sand-casting shop" means a place in which no kind of
casting other than sand-casting is carried on.

"Pot " includes any crucible, ladle, or other vessel in which
the brass is skimmed or from which it is poured.
"Employed" means employed in the casting shop in any
capacity.

"Persons employed" means the maximum number of
persons at any time employed.

It shall be the duty of the occupier to observe Part I. of these Regulations, and the conditions contained in any certificate of exemption.

It shall be the duty of all persons employed to observe Part II. of these Regulations.

These Regulations came into force on the 1st day of January, 1910.

PART I.-I. Casting of brass shall not be carried on unless the following conditions are complied with :

(a) There shall be an efficient exhaust draught operating by

means either of (i.) a tube attached to the pot, or (ii.) a fixed or moveable hood over the point where the casting takes place, or (iii.) a fan in the upper part of the casting shop, or (iv.) some other effectual contrivance for the prompt removal of the fumes from the casting shop and preventing their diffusion therein. The exhaust draught shall be applied as near to the point of origin of the fumes as is reasonably practicable having regard to the requirements of the process, the maintenance of the exhaust draught during the process of casting, and (as regards casting shops in use prior to

1st January, 1908) the structure of the premises, and the cost of applying the exhaust draught in that

manner.

(b) There shall be efficient arrangements to prevent the fumes from entering any other room in the factory in which work is'carried on ;

(c) There shall be free openings to the outside air so placed as not to interfere with the efficiency of the exhaust draught.

2. There shall be provided and maintained in a cleanly state and in good repair, for the use of all persons employed, a lavatory, under cover, (i.) with a sufficient supply of clean towels, renewed daily, and of soap and nail brushes, and (ii.) with either(a) A trough with a smooth, impervious surface, fitted with a waste pipe without plug, and of such length as to allow at least 2 feet for every five such persons, and having a constant supply of warm water from taps or jets above the trough at intervals of not more than 2 feet; or

(b) At least one lavatory basin for every five such persons, fitted with a waste pipe and plug or placed in a trough having a waste pipe, 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 persons employed.

3. No female shall be allowed to work, in any process whatever, in any casting shop.

PART II.-4. No person employed shall leave the premises or partake of food without carefully washing the hands.

5. No persons employed shall carry on the pouring of brass without using apparatus provided in pursuance of Regulation I (a).

6. No person employed shall in any way interfere without the knowledge and concurrence of the occupier or manager with the means provided for the removal of fumes.

(14) Factories and workshops in which vitreous enamelling of metal or glass is carried on.

Nothing in these Regulations shall apply to—

(a) The enamelling of jewellery or watches; or

(b) The manufacture of stained glass; or

(c) Enamelling by means of glazes or colours containing less than 1 per cent of lead.

These Regulations came into force on 1st April 1909.

In these Regulations

"Enamelling" means crushing, grinding, sieving, dusting or laying on, brushing or woolling off, spraying, or any other process for the purpose of vitreous covering and decoration of metal or glass;

"Employed" means employed in enamelling;

Surgeon" means the Certifying Factory Surgeon of the district or a duly qualified medical practitioner appointed by written certificate of the Chief Inspector of Factories, which appointment shall be subject to such conditions as may be specified in that certificate;

Suspension" means suspension by written certificate in the Health Register, signed by the Surgeon, from employment in any enamelling process.

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.-I. Every room in which any enamelling process is carried on

(a) Shall contain at least 500 cubic feet of air space for each person employed therein, and in computing this air space no height above 14 feet shall be taken into account; (b) Shall be efficiently lighted, and shall for this purpose have efficient means of lighting, both natural and artificial. 2. In every room in which any enamelling process is carried

on

(a) The floors shall be well and closely laid, and be maintained in good condition;

(b) The floors and benches shall be cleansed daily and kept free of collections of dust.

3. No enamelling process giving rise to dust or spray shall be done save either

(a) Under conditions which secure the absence of dust and spray; or

(b) With an efficient exhaust so arranged as to intercept the dust or spray and prevent it from diffusing into the air of the room.

4. Except in cases where glaze is applied to a heated metallic surface, dusting or laying on, and brushing or woolling off, shall not be done except over a grid with a receptacle beneath to intercept the dust falling through.

5. If firing is done in a room not specially set apart for the purpose, no person shall be employed in any other process within 20 feet from the furnace.

6. Such arrangements shall be made as shall effectually

prevent gases generated in the muffle furnaces from entering the workrooms.

7. No child or young person under 16 years of age shall be employed in any enamelling process.

8. A Health Register, containing the names of all persons employed, shall be kept in a form approved by the Chief Inspector of Factories.

9. Every person employed shall be examined by the Surgeon once in every three months (or at such other intervals as may be prescribed in writing by the Chief Inspector of Factories) on a date of which due notice shall be given to all concerned.

10. The Surgeon shall have power of suspension as regards all persons employed, and no person after suspension shall be employed without written sanction from the Surgeon entered in the Health Register.

II. There shall be provided and maintained for the use of all persons employed

(a) Suitable overalls and head - coverings, which shall be collected at the end of every day's work, and be cleaned or renewed at least once every week;

(b) A suitable place, separate from the cloak-room and mealroom, for the storage of the overalls and head-coverings; (c) A suitable cloak-room for clothing put off during working hours;

(d) A suitable meal-room separate from any room in which enamelling processes are carried on, unless the works are closed during meal hours.

12. There shall be provided and maintained in a cleanly state and in good repair, for the use of all persons employed, a lavatory, under cover, with a sufficient supply of clean towels, renewed daily, and of soap and nail brushes, and with either

(a) A trough with a smooth impervious surface, fitted with a waste pipe without plug, and of such length as to allow at least 2 feet for every five such persons, and having a constant supply of warm water from taps or jets above the trough at intervals of not more than 2 feet; or

(b) At least one lavatory basin for every five such persons, fitted with a waste pipe and plug or placed in a trough having a waste pipe, 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 persons employed.