TEE ANALYST. 103 REGULATIONS MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRIC ACCUMULATORS. FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901. THE following is a brief summary of these Regulations, which are to apply to all factories and workshops, or parts thereof, in which electric accumulators are manu- factured, the manufacture of these having been certified in pursuance of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, to be a dangerous occupation: Every room in which casting, pasting, or lead-burning is carried on is to contain a specified air-space for each person employed, and is to be capable of through ventilation. The various processes are to be cazried on in such manner as to secure effectual separation from one another and from any other process. The floors of the rooms in which manipulation of dry compounds of lead or pasting is carried on are to be constructed with an impervious material, must be kept constantly moist while work is being done, and be washed with a hose-pipe daily.Every melting-pot is to be so arranged as to remove the fumes and hot air from the workrooms. Lead ashes and old plates must be kept in receptacles specially provided for the purpose. Manipulation of dry com-104 THE ANALYST. pounds of lead must only be done in a closed apparatus, or one arranged with a n exhaust draught, so as to prevent the escape of dust into the workroom, or at a bench provided with an efficient exhaust draught to draw the dust away from the worker, and with a grating on which each receptacle of the compound of lead in use at the time shall stand.The benches at which pasting is done shall be covered with some impervious material. No womm, young perBon, or child shall be employed in the manipulation of dry compounds of lead or in pasting. A duly qualified medical practitioner shall be appointed by the employer, and every person employed in a lead process shall be examined once a month by him. H e shall have power to suspend persons from employment in any lead process, and no such person after suspension shall be employed in a lead process without written sanction entered in the health register by the appointed surgeon. A health register shall be kept, and shall contain a list of all persons employed in lead processes. The appointed surgeon will enter in the health register the dates and results of his examinations of the persons employed and particulars of m y directions given by him.Overalls shall be provided for all persons employed in manipulating dry compounds of lead ; these shall be washed or renewed once every week. The employer shall provide and maintain a cloakroom, in which workers can deposit clothing put off during working hours, and with suitable arrangements therein for the storage of overalls ; also a dining-room, unless the factory is closed during meal hours. No person shall be allowed to introduce, keep, prepare, 01: partake of any food, drink, or tobacco (with the exception of a sanitary drink) in any room in which a lead process is carried on. The employer shall provide and maintain a lavatory, with soap, nail-brushes, towels, there being at least one lavatory basin for every five such persons.A constant supply of hot and cold water is to be laid on to each basin. These besins may be replaced by troughs of enamel or similar smooth impervious material, of a total length of 2 feet for every five persons employed, fitted with waste-pipes and without plugs, with a sufficient supply of warm water constantly available. The lavatory shall be kept thoroughly cleansed, and shall be supplied with a, sufficient quantity of clean towels once every day. Before each meal and before the end of the day's work, at least ten minutes, in addition to the regular meal times, shall be allowed for washing to each person who has been employed in the manipulation of compounds of lead. Sufficient bath accommodation shall be provided for all persons engaged, with hot and cold water laid on, and a sufficient supply of soap and towels, or in lieu of this, in consideration of the special circum- stances, local public baths, when conveniently near, may be utilized. The floors and benches of each workroom shall be thoroughly cleansed daily at a time when no other work is being carried on in the room. Next follow a number of regulations providing that the employes obey the before- mentioned rules and arrangements. Copies of the Regulations, price ld.,.by post lid., may be purchased of Eyre and Spottiswoode, East Hardiog Street, Fleet Street, London, E.C. ; or Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh ; or E. Ponsonby, 116, Grafton Street, Dublin.