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 Lewisham Borough]
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HM Inspectors also forward to the health department details relating to the establishment
of new factories, the introduction of mechanical power and other information
which may come to their notice and which appears to affect factories subject to the
control of the local authority.
Special attention is paid to factories which provide canteens. These factories are
visited by the council's food inspectors and the opportunity is taken to discuss
with the canteen staff the various requirements needed to maintain a good standard
in food hygiene.
The medical officer of health is required in his annual report to the local authority
to report specifically on the administration of, and furnish prescribed particulars
with respect to, the matters under part I (factories) and part VIII (outworkers)
which are administered by the local authority. Details follow:—
Premises | Number on register | Inspections | Number of Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(i) | Factories in which sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by local authorities | 91 | 16 | - | - |
(ii) | Factories not included in (i) in which section 7 is enforced by the local authority | 770 | 77 | 5 | - |
(iii) | Other premises in which section 7 is enforced by the local authority (excluding outworkers' premises) | - | - | - | - |
TOTAL | 861 | 93 | 5 | - |
Defects | No. of defects | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred | Prosecutions instituted | ||
To HM Inspector | By HM Inspector | ||||
Want of cleanliness (SI) | - | - | - | - | - |
Overcrowding (S 2) | - | - | - | - | - |
Unreasonable temperature (S 3) | - | - | - | - | - |
Inadequate ventilation (S 4) | - | - | - | - | - |
Ineffective drainage of floors (S 6) | - | - | - | - | - |
Sanitary conveniences (S 7): | |||||
(a) insufficient | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
(b) unsuitable or defective | 5 | 5 | - | 5 | - |
(c) not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | - | - | - | - | - |
TOTAL | 8 | 8 | - | 8 | - |