Factories. (Ch. 30. No. 2.

from lead, phosphorus, arsenical, mercurial, benzene Or
aniline poisoning, or anthrax, or epitheliomatous ulceration
of the skin, contracted in any factory, shall forthwith
send addressed to ‘‘ The Senior Inspector of Factories,
Department of the Commissioner of Labour, Port-of-
Spain ’’, a notice stating the name and full postal address of
the patient and the disease from which, in the opinion of the
medical practitioner, the patient is suffering, and the name
and address of the factory in which he is or was last
employed, and shall be entitled in respect of every notice
sent in pursuance of this section to a fee of sixty cents to
be paid as part of the expenses incurred by the Government
in the execution of this Ordinance.

(2) If, in contravention of the provisions of this
section, any medical practitioner fails to send any notice
in accordance with the requirements thereof, he shall be
liable to a fine of ten dollars.

(3) Written notice of every suspected case of lead,
phosphorus, arsenical, mercurial, benzene or aniline poison-
ing, or anthrax, or epitheliomatous ulceration of the skin,
occurring in a factory shall forthwith be sent by the occupier
in the prescribed form and accompanied by the prescribed
particulars to the inspector for the district and to the
examining surgeon, and the provisions of this Ordinance
with respect to the notification of accidents shall apply
to any such case in like manner as to any such accident
as is mentioned in those provisions.

39. (1) Where a coroner holds an inquest on the body
of any person whose death may have been caused by any
accident or disease of which notice is required by this
Ordinance to be given, the coroner shall adjourn the
inquest unless an inspector is present to watch the pro-
ceedings, and shall, at least four days before holding the
adjourned inquest, send to the inspector for the district
notice in writing of the time and place of holding the
adjourned inquest: Provided that the coroner, before
the adjournment, may take evidence to identify the body,
and may order the interment thereof.

(2) The coroner shall, at least forty-eight hours
before holding an inquest as aforesaid other than an

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Inquest in
case of
death by
accident or
industrial
disease.