Celluloid and Cinematograph Film Act 192212

Section 2(1)(a)

Minimum quantity of raw celluloid to which the Act applies

one hundredweight

50 kilograms

Section 2(2)(a)

Minimum quantity of cinematograph film to which the Act applies

eighty pounds

37 kilograms

Schedule 1

Part II, Regulation 3

Maximum quantity of film to be exposed at one time

40 pounds

18 kilograms

Part III, Regulation 10

Maximum quantity of celluloid which may be kept in one storeroom

one ton

1 tonne

Maximum quantity of film which may be kept in one storeroom

one ton

1 tonne

Part III, Regulation 11

Maximum aggregate quantity of celluloid and cinematograph film which may be kept in one storeroom

one ton

1 tonne

Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 192813

Section 1(1)(a)

Maximum quantity of petroleum-spirit which may be kept without a licence in any glass, earthenware or metal vessel

one pint

570 millilitres

Section 1(1)(b)

Maximum aggregate quantity of petroleum-spirit which may be kept without a licence

three gallons

15 litres

Flax and Tow Spinning and Weaving Regulations 190614

Definitions

Degrees

Fahrenheit

Celsius

Regulation 3

Minimum temperature of room where hand-hackling, roughing or machine-hackling carried on

50 degrees

10 degrees

Minimum temperature of room where sorting, carding or preparing is carried on

55 degrees

13 degrees

Temperature of direct draught below which no person should be exposed

50 degrees

10 degrees

Regulation 5

Minimum difference between wet and dry bulb thermometer readings

2 degrees

1 degree

Regulation 6

Temperature of water absorbing oxygen from potassium permanganate solution

60 degrees

16 degrees

Maximum amount of oxygen absorbed by water used for humidification

0.5 grain of oxygen per gallon

7 milligrams of oxygen per litre

Regulation 8

Temperature in rooms into which steam is introduced

70 degrees

21 degrees

Regulation 9

Pitch of wet-spinning frames required to have splash guards

2¾ inches

70 millimetres

Regulation 11

Minimum difference between wet and dry bulb thermometer readings

4 degrees

2 degrees

Paints and Colours Regulations 190715

Application, paragraph (2)

Minimum weight of parcels or kegs above which the prohibition on women’s employment applies

14 lbs

6 kilograms

Hemp Spinning and Weaving Regulation 190716

Definitions

Degrees

Fahrenheit

Celsius

Regulation 4

Minimum temperature of room where machine-hackling is carried on

50 degrees

10 degrees

Minimum temperature of room where carding or preparing is carried on

55 degrees

13 degrees

Regulation 5

Temperature of direct draught below which no person should be exposed

50 degrees

10 degrees

Herring Curing (Norfolk and Suffolk) Welfare Order 192017

Article 1

Maximum walking distance from factory to workshop in certain areas (exemption from requirement to provide a messroom)

400 yards

400 metres

Article 4

Maximum distance of cloakroom and washing facilities from factory or workshop

250 yards

250 metres

The Celluloid (Manufacture Etc.) Regulations 192118

Regulation 1(i)

Maximum quantity of celluloid not kept in fire-resisting chamber

one hundredweight

50 kilograms

Maximum quantity of celluloid indicated on notice on storeroom door

one hundredweight

50 kilograms

The Manufacture of Cinematograph Film Regulations 192819

Definitions

“Fire-resisting material”

four and one-half inches

100 millimetres

three inches

75 millimetres

three inches

75 millimetres

two inches

50 millimetres

one quarter of an inch

6 millimetres

“Storeroom”

Maximum quantity of film allowed

eighty pounds

37 kilograms

Regulation 2

Quantity of cinematograph film allowed in any room

eighty pounds

37 kilograms

Regulation 8(a)

Minimum and maximum areas of gas relief space in storerooms

70 square inches

90 square inches

200 square centimetres

260 square centimetres

For each weight of film

500 pounds

100 kilograms

Regulation 9(b)(ii)

Maximum quantity of cinematograph film in storeroom

one ton

1 tonne

Horizontal Milling Machines Regulations 192820

Exemptions

Regulation 3 does not apply to milling cutters used on:

• Spindles of diameters above

2½ inches

65 millimetres

• arbors of diameters above

2 inches

50 millimetres

Cotton Cloth Factories Regulations 192921

Definitions

Degrees

Fahrenheit

Celsius

Regulation 1(a)

Wet bulb hygrometer reading above which artificial humidification is prohibited

72½ degrees

22.5 degrees

Regulation 1

Average wet bulb reading above which work is to cease

80 degrees

27 degrees

Average wet bulb reading at which work may resume

80 degrees

27 degrees

Regulation 2

Temperature of water absorbing oxygen from potassium permanganate solution

60 degrees

16 degrees

Maximum amount of oxygen absorbed by water used for humidification

0.5 grain of oxygen per gallon

7 milligrams of oxygen per litre

Regulation 5

Minimum temperature in weaving shed during first half hour of working day

50 degrees

10 degrees

Minimum temperature in weaving shed for the working day after first half hour

55 degrees

13 degrees

Temperature of draught below which no person should be exposed

50 degrees

10 degrees

Regulation 6(a)

Maximum diameter of steam pipes

two inches

50 millimetres bore

Maximum diameter of steam pipes installed after 1 April 1912

one inch

25 millimetres bore

Regulation 6(d)

Minimum thickness of insulator between hangers and steam pipes

Half an inch

13 millimetres

Regulation 6(e)

Maximum projection of uncovered jet from steam pipe beyond outer surface of covering

4½ inches

115 millimetres

Regulation 6(f)

Maximum steam pressure

70 lbs per square inch

4.8 bar

Regulation 7(a)

Minimum average height of shed

14½ feet

4.4 metres

Minimum height of valley-gutters from floor

12 feet

3.6 metres

Regulation 7(d)

Minimum width of alley-way separating boiler house and engine room from shed

6 feet

2 metres

Regulation 7(e)

Minimum horizontal distance between any boiler flue and wall of shed

6 feet

2 metres

Regulation 9

Minimum distance of roof ventilator intakes above ridges

three feet

920 millimetres

Average of wet bulb readings between 11 am and 12 noon and between 4 and 5 pm above which all available means of natural ventilation should be kept in full operation

72½ degrees

22.5 degrees

Regulation 10

Minimum horizontal distance between clothes pegs in cloak room

eighteen inches

460 millimetres

Minimum distance of clothes pegs from wall or pillar

Half an inch

13 millimetres

Oil Cake Welfare Order 192922

Article 6

Temperature of bath water

100 degrees Farenheit

38 degrees Celsius

Petroleum-Spirit (Motor Vehicles etc) Regulations 192923

Regulation 5(d)(ii)

Maximum capacity of each of two storage vessels

two gallons

10 litres

Regulation 6

Maximum quantity of petroleum-spirit in a storage place

sixty gallons

275 litres

Regulation 6(b)

Maximum distance between two storage places in the occupation of the same occupier deemed one storage place

Twenty feet

6 metres

Regulation 7(1)

Maximum capacity of storage vessel

two gallons

10 litres

Regulation 7(1)(a)

Minimum distance of storage place from any building, highway or public footpath

Twenty feet

6 metres

Regulation 7(2)

Capacity of storage vessel above which occupier should notify the local authority

two gallons

10 litres

Regulation 8(1)

Minimum distance of storage place from any building, stack of timber or other inflammable substance before notification is required

Twenty feet

6 metres

Regulation 8(1)(b)

Maximum capacity of each of two storage vessels on motor vehicle, motorboat, hovercraft or aircraft

two gallons

10 litres

Regulation 11(b)

Maximum quantity of petroleum-spirit for use in cleaning or as a solvent for repair purposes

one gill

150 millilitres

Regulation 13(b)

Increase in the maximum quantity of petroleum-spirit in a storage place in connection with making or repair of roads

sixty gallons

thirty gallons

275 litres

140 litres

Regulation 13(d)

Maximum capacity of any storage vessel in connection with making or repair of roads

two gallons

10 litres

Regulation 13(g)

Minimum distance of iron locker for containing storage vessels from any means of exit from a theatre, music hall, cinema or other place of public entertainment or from a hospital

fifty feet

15 metres

Minimum distance of iron locker from any means of exit from any other place where persons assemble for any purpose, or from a dwelling house

fifteen feet

5 metres

Regulation 13(h)

Minimum distance from iron locker of any fire or artificial light liable to ignite flammable vapour

Twenty feet

6 metres

The Petroleum (Carbide of Calcium) Order 192924

Article 2(i)

Maximum quantity of carbide of calcium which may be kept without a licence so long as it is kept in separate hermetically closed metal vessels

5 lbs

2.5 kilograms

Maximum quantity to be kept in each hermetically closed metal vessel

1 lb

500 grams

Article 2(ii)

Maximum quantity of carbide of calcium which may be kept without a licence so long as it is kept in accordance with the conditions in articles 2(ii)(a)-(e)

28 lbs

13 kilograms

Petroleum (Mixtures) Order 192925

Article 2

Maximum quantity of non-liquid mixtures of petroleum which may be kept without a licence so long as it is enclosed in hermetically sealed packages or vessels

30 lbs

15 kilograms

Maximum quantity to be kept in each hermetically sealed package or vessel

1 lb

500 grams

Article 4

Substitution of units of mass for units of volume for solid mixtures of petroleum

gallons

ten pounds

one gallon

one and a quarter pounds

one pint

litres

5 kilograms

5 litres

570 grams

570 millilitres

Cinematograph Film Stripping Regulations 193926

Definitions

“Fire-resisting material”

four and one-half inches

100 millimetres

three inches

75 millimetres

three inches

75 millimetres

two inches

50 millimetres

one quarter of an inch

6 millimetres

Part I

Regulation 2

Maximum quantity of cinematograph film in room other than storeroom

100 pounds

45 kilograms

Regulation 9(d)

Maximum temperature in drying enclosure

100° Fahrenheit

38 degrees Celsius

Regulation 10(a)(i)

Minimum distance between storeroom and buildings where persons are regularly present

20 feet

6 metres

Regulation 10(a)(vi)

Minimum height of wall above the roof between adjacent storerooms

3 feet

920 millimetres

Regulation 10(b)(ii)

Maximum quantity of cinematograph film in storeroom

one ton

1 tonne

Regulation 11(a)

Ratio of gas relief space to space in storeroom

one square foot

fifty cubic feet

1 square metre

15 cubic metres

The Magnesium (Grinding of Castings and Other Articles) Special Regulations 194627

Regulation 7(d)

Maximum horizontal distance that dust-laden air should travel before being drenched with water

ten feet

3 metres

Regulation 11(1)

Minimum distance from buildings where dust sludge or scale from scrubber can be disposed of by:

• Burning in the open air

100 feet

30 metres

• burning in an open incinerator

100 feet

30 metres

Regulation 13(a)

Distance from certain processes below which smoking, open lights and fires are prohibited

twenty feet

6 metres

Clay Works (Welfare) Special Regulations 194828

Regulation 4(1)(c)

Maximum intervals between warm water supply points above troughs

two feet

600 millimetres

Regulation 4(2)(a)

Meaning of “unit” (of washing facilities):

length of trough

two feet

600 millimetres

circumference of circular or oval trough

two feet

600 millimetres

Regulation 4(2)(d)

Minimum internal length or width of trough

four feet

1.2 metres

The Jute (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations 194829

Regulation 14(a)

Minimum temperature deemed reasonable where the only work done is opening of bales, or the batching or softening of jute

55 degrees

13 degrees Celsius

Regulation 14(b)

Minimum temperature deemed reasonable where other work is done

60 degrees

16 degrees Celsius

Regulation 16(1)(a)

Minimum width of alleyway separating engine-room, boiler-house and boiler flue from workroom

six feet

2 metres

Regulation 16(1)(b)

Minimum ventilated space separating workroom from boiler flue passing underneath

six feet

2 metres

Regulation 17(5)

Temperature of water absorbing oxygen from permanganate of potash solution

sixty degrees

16 degrees Celsius

Maximum amount of oxygen absorbed by water used for humidification

Half a grain of oxygen per gallon

7 milligrams of oxygen per litre

Regulation 18(1)(i)

Wet bulb thermometer reading above which artificial humidification is prohibited

seventy-two and a half degrees

22.5 degrees Celsius

Regulation 18(1)(ii)

Minimum difference between the wet bulb and dry bulb thermometer readings during artificial humidification

four degrees

2 degrees Celsius

Regulation 18(2)

Wet bulb reading at which all means of ventilation and reducing temperature are to be put into operation

seventy-five degrees

24 degrees Celsius

Wet bulb reading to be reached by the above means

seventy-two and a half degrees

22.5 degrees Celsius

Regulation 22(1)(c)

Maximum interval between water supply points above troughs

two feet

600 millimetres

Regulation 22(1)(d)

Meaning of “unit” (of washing facilities):

length of trough

two feet

600 millimetres

circumference of circular or oval trough

two feet

600 millimetres

Schedule 1

Requirement (a) for opening machines

Minimum length of feed table or feed band at opening machines

4 feet 6 inches

1.35 metres

Height from the floor to which guards for table or band should extend

4 feet 6 inches

1.35 metres

Distance which guard should extend from the vertical plane in which the nip of the roller lies

2 feet

600 millimetres

Requirement (c) for softening machines

Minimum length of feed table in front of first pair of rollers on softening machines

6 feet

1.80 metres

Height from floor to which guards for feed table should extend

4 feet 6 inches

1.35 metres

Distance which guard should extend from vertical plane in which axis of the roller lies

3 feet 6 inches

1.05 metres

Requirement (a) for carding and teasing machines

Maximum distance from floor to underside of guard enclosing side gearing of carding and teasing machines

8 inches

200 millimetres

Requirement (c) for carding and teasing machines

Maximum space between bars or rods of guard on doffing roller

1½ inches

38 millimetres

Minimum distance from doffer pin points to underside of rods or bars

4 inches

100 millimetres

Maximum space between drawing pressing roller and first rod

2 inches

50 millimetres

Minimum distance between outermost bars or rods measured over periphery of guard

12 inches

300 millimetres

Requirement (e) for carding and teasing machines

Maximum distance between lowest cross-member of underframe and floor

8 inches

200 millimetres

Maximum space between bars or rods covering openings above lowest cross-member

6 inches

150 millimetres

Requirement for cop winding machines

Maximum width of slots in fencing for pedal levers in cop winding machines of “cop above cone” type

1 inch

25 millimetres

Requirement (c) for dressing machines, cylinder and box or store type

Minimum space between any yarn guide roller and its adjacent steam cylinder on cylinder type dressing machines

3 inches

75 millimetres

Requirement for looms

Maximum clearance between guard and shuttle when shuttle is placed on fell of cloth with loom crank shaft on top centre

½ inch

13 millimetres

The Agriculture (Lifting of Heavy Weights) Regulations 195930

Regulation 3

Maximum weight of a sack or bag permitted to be lifted or carried by a worker unaided

180 lb

80 kilograms

Factories (Cleanliness of Walls and Ceilings) Order 196031

The Schedule

Paragraph 9(d)

Height above which parts of rooms, passages and staircases are exempt

twenty feet

6 metres

Gas safety Regulations 197232

Regulation 5(a)

Internal diameter of service pipe

2 inches

50 millimetres

Regulation 10(d)

Minimum fall of pipe

one inch in ten feet

25 millimetres in 3 metres