Welfare measures in Factories Act 1948

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What are the welfare measures included in Factories Act 1948?

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21 to 40 of Factories Act, arc devoted to the provisions for safety and protection of the workers while at work.
These include adequate washing facilities separately for male and female workers (Sec. 42), facilities for storing and drying clothes (Sec. 43), and facilities for siting (Sec. 44) for all those workers who have to work in standing position.
Sec.45 makes it obligatory to provide and maintain first-aid-box at the rate of one such box for every 150 workers. Every factory with more than 500 workers must maintain an ambulance room with adequate medical and nursing staff.
Provision of canteens in factories with more than 250 workers (Sec. 46) shelters, rest-room and lunch rooms in factory with more than 150 worker (Sec. 47) and crèches in every factory with more than 50 women workers (Sec. 48) are the other requirements. Sec. 49 provides that every factory with 500 or more workers must have welfare officers (the number of such officers is to be determined by the State Government)