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 Finsbury Borough]
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The official returns for 1963 are as follows:-
Premises | Number onRegister | Number of | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted | |||
(i) | Factories in which Sections 1,2,3,4, & 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities. | 29 | 60 | - | - |
(ii) | Factories not included in (i) in which Sect-ion 7 is enforced by the Local Authority. | 1,174 | 911 | 69 | - |
(iii) | Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers prenises'. | 26 | 26 | 1 | - |
TOTAL | 1,229 | 997 | 70 | Nil |
Particulars | Number of cases in which defects were found | Number of cases in which prosecutionswere instituted | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
To H.M. Inspector | By H.K. Inspector | ||||
Want of Cleanliness (S.1). | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
Overcrowding (S.2). | - | - | - | - | - |
Unreasonable Temperature (S.3) | - | - | - | - | - |
Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Ineffective drain-age of floors (S. 6) | - | - | - | - | - |
Sanitary Conven-iences (S. 7) | |||||
(a) Insufficient | 7 | 8 | - | - | - |
(b) Unsuitable or defect-ive | 98 | 101 | - | 9 | - |
(c) Not separate for sexes | 5 | 5 | - | 3 | - |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | 22 | - | 22 | - | - |
TOTAL | 135 | 114 | 25 | 12 | - |
47.