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, 1961
Prescribed particulars required by Section 153 (1)
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 | 412 | 116 | 2 | — | ||||
(2) Factories not included above in which Section 7 of the Act is enforced by the Local Authority | 1,126 | 899 | 5 | — | ||||
(3) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' Premises) | 291 | 67 | — | — | ||||
Total | 1,829 | 1,082 | 7 | — | ||||
(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 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |||
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Unreasonable temperature | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | |||
Inadequate ventilation | — | _ | — | — | — | |||
Ineffective drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Sanitary Conveniences: | — | |||||||
(a) insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | |||
(b) unsuitable or defective | 29 | 27 | — | 7 | — | |||
(c) not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |||
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | _ | _ | — | — | — | |||
Total | 34 | 32 | — | 8 | — |