Reports to the Secretary of State for the Home department on the use of phosphorus in the manufacture of lucifer matches.

  • Thorpe, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1845-1925.
Date:
1899
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Credit: Reports to the Secretary of State for the Home department on the use of phosphorus in the manufacture of lucifer matches. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    The director of the laboratory as well as the clerk to the magistrates or his representative shall deliver or send to the inspector a receipt indicating the date of receipt of the package, describing the label and the marks or seals placed on the bottle as well as the state in which they are found. The inspector shall transmit without delay to the public prosecutor a copy of the report accompanied by the receipts which have been delivered to him! Article II. The director of the laboratory shall immediately proceed to the analysis of the samples. Article III. Immediately after completing his analysis, he shall prepare a report notifying the following :— 1. The date of receipt of the sample at the laboratory. 2. The date of the analysis. 3. The description of the bottle, labels, marks, and seals placed thereon, also a note as to the normal or abnormal condition in which they were found when received. 4. A summary of the analytical process followed. 5. A statement of the results obtained. 6. The fee for analysis. Article IV. The director of the laboratory must send his report to the public prosecutor, who, after comparing it with the report of the inspector, and the receipts • thereto annexed, will decide what course shall be taken. Article V. When the results of the report show that the paste analysed contains a larger proportion of ordinary phosphorus than the regulation maximum the director of the laboratory shall forward a copy of the report to the inspector who took the sample. Article VI. In case of conviction the costs shall be borne by the party convicted. Article VII. Anyone who places any obstacle in the way of the inspector taking samples shall be liable to the penalties provided by Articles 2 and following of the Act of 5th May 1SS8, relating to the inspection of dangerous and unhealthy establishments and the supervision of machinery and steam boilers, without prejudice to any penalties to which they may be liable under Acts 269-274 of the Penal Code. Article VIII. Article 2 of the Act of 12th February 1895 is modified as follows:— “ Exemptions from the preceding regulations and those of the Act of 25th March 1890, except as regards the maximum amount of ordinary phosphorus permitted in the paste, may be granted b}'- the permanent deputies on the approval of the Central Department for the Inspection of Labour, authorised to supervise dangerous and unhealthy establishments.” With a view to the enforcing of Article 3 of the Act of 25th March 1890. above cited, the Inspectors of Labour are required to take samples of suspected matches from the match depots or stores affected by the regulations relating to dangerous and unhealthy establishments. The regulations as to sampling, analysis, and report, &c. are similar, mutatis mutandis, to those given in the case of the pastes.