296 - Laundries.

§  296.  Laundries. 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.