Section 296. Laundries  


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  • A shop, room or building where one or more persons
      are employed in doing public  laundry  work  by  way  of  trade  or  for
      purposes  of  gain  is  a factory within the meaning of this chapter and
      subject to the provisions relating to factories. No such public  laundry
      work  shall  be done in a room used for sleeping or living purposes. All
      such laundries shall be kept in a clean condition and free  from  vermin
      and  from  all  impurities  of an infectious or contagious nature.  This
      section shall not apply to a female doing custom  laundry  work  at  her
      home for regular family trade.