To use the appliances, gloves, respirators, and working clothes placed at their disposal.
Not to bring into the works either food or drink.
To pay great care, before each meal, to the cleanliness of the mouth, nose, and hands.
To take the baths weekly or daily as provided in section 11.
13. The Minister of Labour may, by Order made with the advice of the Consultative Committee for Arts and Manufactures, exempt an establishment for a specified period, from all or part of the requirements of Regs. 2ᵃ, 2ᵇ, 2ᶜ, 5² and 6¹ in any case where it is found that observance of these requirements is practically impossible, and that the health and safety of the workers are assured by conditions at least equivalent to those prescribed in the present Order.
14. Subject to additional postponements which may be granted by the Minister in pursuance of Section 6 of the Act of 12th June, 1893 (as amended by that of 11th July, 1903), the delay required for the carrying out of the alterations necessitated by the present Decree is limited to one year from the date of its publication.
15. The Ministry of Labour is charged with the administration of this Decree.
This decree was supplemented by further noteworthy additions requiring medical supervision in lead industries as follows:
Decree of December 28, 1909, Organising Medical Service in Industries Exposing the Workers to Risk of Lead Poisoning
1. In premises in which the processes enumerated in Regulation 1 of the Decree of April 23, 1908, are carried on medical attendance as prescribed below shall be provided.