Factory and workshop : dangerous and unhealthy industries : regulations, dated August 12, 1911, made by the Secretary of State, for the smelting of materials containing lead, the manufacture of red or orange lead, and the manufacture of flaked litharge.

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Date:
1911
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Credit: Factory and workshop : dangerous and unhealthy industries : regulations, dated August 12, 1911, made by the Secretary of State, for the smelting of materials containing lead, the manufacture of red or orange lead, and the manufacture of flaked litharge. 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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    \ (r c Form 973. September, 1911. Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. Regulations for The Smelting of Materials containing Lead, The Manufacture of Red or Orange Load, and The Manufacture of Flaked Lithargd’. v /-y — / * % The Secretary of State has made Regulations, the terms' .of which appear in the enclosed placard (Form 957), for the above processes. The Regulations apply auto- matically to all works in which the said processes are carried convenience of reference the defined terms are printed in italics. — Part I specifies the duties of the occupier, and Part II those of the persons employed ; but with regard to the latter the Factory Act, 1901 (s. 852) places concurrent responsibility upon the occupier to take all reasonable means, by publishing, and to the best of his power enforcing, the Regulations, to prevent contravention or non-compliance. A copy of the Regulations must be kept affixed in a conspicuous place in the works, and the occupier is required (s. 863, 1901) to give a copy to any person in his employment on application. For the latter purpose the smaller edition of the code in pamphlet form will be more convenient than the placard. In Wales and Monmouthshire a copy of the Regulations in Welsh must also be affixed. The Regulations must be noted in Part I of the General Register. For the purposes of Regulations 13 and 17 it will be necessary for the occupier to make arrangements for regular monthly examination (on dates fixed in advance, and made known to the workers concerned) by the Surgeon ; that is, either by the Certifying Surgeon for the district, whose name and address appear on the Abstract, or by some other duly qualified medical practitioner appointed by the Chief Inspector. In general it is desirable that the Certifying Surgeon should undertake the duty, and he is required by departmental instructions to do so if called upon : apart from the Regulations he has to visit the works officially in connection with certificates of fitness, accidents, and cases of poisoning, and these duties rest with him even if another Surgeon be appointed for the purposes of the Regulations. In the absence of intimation to the contrary it will be assumed that the Certifying Surgeon will act as Surgeon under the Regulations, and in that case no formal appointment is necessary. It is, however, open to the occupier to apply to the Chief Inspector for appointment of another practitioner as Surgeon ; any such application should state the name, address, and qualifications of the practitioner proposed for appointment, and whether he is is prepared to undertake the duties subject to the conditions which would necessarily be attached, namely :— 1. The duties are to be performed by the Surgeon personally, or in his absence by a duly qualified medical practitioner temporarily appointed by the Chief Inspector.* 2. In the first week of January in each year he will forward to the Superintending Inspector a return on Form 845f of the examinations and suspensions made during the previous year by him or by a practitioner temporarily appointed as above. 3. He will perform such duties, under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1906, as are required from an Appointed Surgeon by that Act or by the instruc- tions of the Secretary of State ; and in particular he will, if required to do so by the employer or by any workman concerned, make such examination and give such certificates as are required on the part of the Appointed Surgeon under s. 8 of that Act, with regard to cases of industrial disease. 4. The certificate of appointment will be revocable at any time by notice in writing signed by the Chief Inspector. 5. A copy of the certificate! of appointment is to be kept in the General Register unless and until revoked. * Application for such temporary appointment is to be made to the Superintending Inspector, on Form 194, copies of which will be supplied, t Copies will be supplied for the purpose. (21173—1.) Wt. 15808—51. 750. 9/11. D & S.