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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Houses—Sanitary Certificates.
House drains and sanitary fittings are tested and examined on
request, at a fee. During the year 7 such requests were made.
FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
During the year the under-mentioned inspections have been made and defects were found as set out:—
FACTORIES.
Inspection.
| Premises. | Number of | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |||||
| Factories:— | |||||||
| With Mechanical Power | 278 | 40 | — | ||||
| Without Mechanical Power | 91 | 20 | — | ||||
| Other Premises | 108 | 11 | — | ||||
| Outworkers and Employers of outworkers | 351 | — | — | ||||
| Total | 828 | 71 | — | ||||
| Defects Found. | |||||||
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Prosecutions. | ||||
| Found. | Remedied. | ||||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 17 | 13 | 2 | — | |||
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||
| Unreasonable Temperature | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||
| Inadequate Ventilation | 7 | 7 | — | — | |||
| Ineffective Drainage of Floors | 7 | 6 | — | — | |||
| Sanitary Conveniences. | |||||||
| (a) Insufficient | 31 | 27 | — | — | |||
| (b) Unsuitable or Defective | 132 | 109 | — | — | |||
| (c) Not Separate for Sexes | 2 | 2 | — | — | |||
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outworkers) | 34 | 28 | 4 | — | |||
| Total | 232 | 194 | 6 | — | |||