Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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SUMMARY OF NOTICES SERVED, 1959
Intimations, Public Health (London) Act, 1936. | Byelaws, etc. | 1,120 |
Statutory notices, Public Health (London) Act, 1936. Byelaws, etc. | 553 | |
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1955 | 136 | |
Public Health (London) Act. 1936 (Part II) | 57 | |
Section 8, Housing Act, 1957 | 18 | |
Clean Air Act, 1956 | 6 | |
No.of Summonses issued | 80 |
Factories Acts, 1937-1948
1. – INSPECTIONS, 1959 | ||||
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Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||
Factories in which Sections 1,2,3,4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 289 | 102 | – | – |
Factories not included above in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 1,120 | 686 | 6 | – |
Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers premises) | 37 | 4* | – | – |
Totals | 1,446 | 792 | 6 | – |
*Figures for visits to building sites not available.
2. – CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND, 1959
Particulars | No.of cases in which defects were | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 3 | – | – | — | |
Overcrowding | – | – | – | – | – |
Unreasonable temperature | – | – | – | – | – |
Inadequate ventilation | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Ineffective drainage of floors | – | – | – | – | – |
Sanitary conveniences- | |||||
(a) insufficient | – | – | – | – | – |
unsuitable or defective | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
(c) not separate for sexes | – | – | – | – | |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 4 | 4 | – | – | |
Total | 10 | 10 | – | – |