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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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FACTORIES ACT, 1937 and 1948 Prescribed particulars required by Section 128 (3)
PART I
(1) INSPECTIONS
Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | ||
(1) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3 4 and 6 of the Act are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 426 | 298 | 14 | _ |
(2) Factories not included above in which Section 7 of the Act is enforced by the Local Authority | 989 | 1,209 | 5 | _ |
(3) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' Premises) | 190 | 63 | _ | _ |
Total | 1,605 | 1,570 | 19 | — |
(2) DEFECTS
Particulars | Number of cases in which defects were found | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 6 | 2 | _ | 2 | _ |
Overcrowding | _ | — | _ | _ | _ |
Unreasonable temperature | _ | — | _ | _ | _ |
Inadequate ventilation | 1 | — | _ | 1 | _ |
Ineffective drainage of floors | — | — | _ | — | _ |
Sanitary Conveniences | |||||
(a) insufficient | 3 | 2 | _ | _ | _ |
(b) unsuitable or defective | 42 | 38 | _ | 17 | _ |
(c) not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | _ |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 12 | 9 | _ | _ | _ |
Total | 64 | 52 | — | 21 | — |