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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
Hayes and Harlington 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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THE FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
One hundred and two inspections of factories with and without mechanical power have been made.
There are sixty-four factories with mechanical power and four factories without mechanical power on the register, classified as under:-
Factories with mechanical power.
| Aircraft | 1 | Ink | 1 |
| Bakehouses | 8 | Jams | 1 |
| Bicycle repairs | 1 | Joinery | 2 |
| Boot repairs | 7 | Mineral waters | 1 |
| Builders' materials | 1 | Motor repairs | 4 |
| Caravans | 1 | Music rolls | 1 |
| Cheese | 1 | Oil blending | 1 |
| Chemical engineers | 1 | Paint | 1 |
| Cocoa, etc. | 1 | Pianos | 1 |
| Corrugated cardboard | 1 | Printing | 3 |
| Crisps | 1 | Radio | 2 |
| Electric transformers | 1 | Rubber | 1 |
| Engineering | 10 | Slab partitions | 1 |
| Fire extinguishers | 1 | Tar macadam | 1 |
| Firewood | 1 | Valet service | 1 |
| Furniture | 2 | Wire | 1 |
| Glazed tiles, etc. | 1 | Wood block floors | 1 |
| Factories without mechanical power. | |||
| Bakehouse | 1 | Smith | 1 |
| Motor repairs | 2 | ||
1. - INSPECTIONS.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | |
| Factories with mechanical power | 99 | 6 | |
| Factories without mechanical power | 3 | 2 | |
| Other Premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including Outworkers' premises) | Nil | ||
| Total | 102 | 8 | |
2. - DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:- | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 5 | 5 | |
| Want of ventilation | Nil | Nil | |
| Overcrowding | Nil | Nil | |
| Want of drainage of floors | Nil | Nil | |
| Other nuisances | 1 | 1 | |
| Sanitary accommodation | (Insufficient | 2 | 2 |
| (Unsuitable or defective | 4 | 4 | |
| (Not separate for sexes | Nil | Nil | |
| Offences under the Factories Act:- | |||
| Other offences | Nil | Nil | |
| Total | 12 | 12 | |
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