Lead poisoning : from the industrial, medical, and social points of view. Lectures delivered at the Royal Institute of Public Health.

  • Oliver, Thomas, Sir.
Date:
1914
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    20. * The occupier shall provide and maintain sufficient baths and dressing rooms for all persons employed in lead processes, with hot and cold water, soap, and towels, and shall cause each such person to take a bath once a week at the factory. A bath register shall be kept, containing a list of all persons employed in lead processes, and an entry of the date when each person takes a bath. This register shall be produced at any time when re- required by H.M. Inspectors of Factories or by the Certi- fying Surgeon or by the Appointed Surgeon. 21. The dressing-rooms, baths, and w.c.'s shall be cleaned daily. 22. The floor of each workroom shall be cleaned daily, after being thoroughly damped. Duties of Persons Employed. 23. No person shall strip a white bed or empty a chamber without previously effectually damping as directed in Rules 2 and 3. 24. No persons shall carry corrosions, or put them into the rollers or washbecks, otherwise than as permitted by Rule 4. 25. No person shall set or draw a stove otherwise than as permitted by Rules 6 and 7. 26. No person shall deposit or pack dry white lead other- wise than as permitted by Rules 8 and 9. 27. Every person employed in a lead process shall present himself at the appointed times for examination by the Appointed Surgeon, as provided in Rule 12. * The following proviso to Rule 20 is in force in one works :— Provided that this Rule shall not apply if the Chief Inspector of Factories approves the use of the local public baths when conveniently near, under the con- ditions (if any) named in such approval.