Section 23

the area surrounding the employees’ housing is kept clear of undergrowth and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition;

the perimeter drains around each dwelling or block of dwellings including all outlet drains are kept in a good state of repair and clear of refuse or undergrowth to permit free flow of water;

all refuse in the housing site is collected daily and disposed of satisfactorily; and

all communal latrines and bathrooms are kept in a clean, sanitary and working condition.

It shall be the duty of the employer to ensure that all buildings used for the housing of employees, nurseries or community halls are visited and inspected weekly by an estate hospital assistant registered under the Estate Hospital Assistants (Registration)

Act 1965 [Act 435] or any other responsible person authorized by the employer who shall report to the resident manager if the buildings are not kept clean or if any refuse is allowed to accumulate in the neighbourhood of the buildings, and who shall also examine and if necessary take, or cause to be taken, to hospital any employee found in the buildings who appears to be suffering from any health complaint and report to the resident manager accordingly.

Employees’ Minimum Standards of Housing,

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The findings of the estate hospital assistant or any other authorized person shall be recorded in a book kept at the place of employment and be made available to the Director General or Medical Officer of Health for inspection.

In any case where the Medical Officer of Health shall consider that the visits, inspections or other duties, prescribed by subsection (2) are not satisfactorily carried out, he may notify the resident manager accordingly specifying the matters in respect whereof he is not satisfied, and the resident manager shall thereupon make further or other arrangements as the Medical

Officer of Health may require.

Onus of proof