{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-1937/section-55",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-1937/section-55.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/67",
  "legislation_title": "Factories Act 1937",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-1937",
  "path": "section/55",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Laundries.",
  "text": "In every laundry—\n(a) effective steps shall he taken by means of a fan or otherwise to regulate the temperature in every ironing room, and to carry away the steam in every washhouse;\n(b) all stoves for heating irons shall be so separated from any ironing room or ironing table as to protect the workers from the heat thereof;\n(c) no gas iron emitting any noxious fumes shall be used.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/67/section/55",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:34:00.484732+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}