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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

Southgate 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 AND 1948Details of Work Carried Out During the Year 19561. INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including Inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).

FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 AND 1948

Details of Work Carried Out During the Year 1956

1. INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including Inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).

PremisesM/c. line No.Number on RegisterNumber ofM/c line No.
InspectionsWritten NoticesOwners Prosecuted.
(i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities160422-1
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority21738416-2
(iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is inforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers' premises)3----3
Total23312618-
2. Cases in which DEFECTS were found. (If defects are discovered at the premises on 2, 3 or more separate occasions, they should be reckoned as 2, 3 or more cases.)
ParticularsM/c. line No.No. of cases in which defect were foundNumber of cues in which prosecutions were institutedM/c. line No.
FoundRemediedReferred
ToH.M.InspectorByH.M. Inspector
Want of Cleanliness (S.l)41919-—-4
Overcrowding (S.2)5——-—-5
Unreasonable temperature (S.3)6-----6
Inadequate Ventilation (S.4)7-----7
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6)8-----8
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7)
(a) Insufficient9-----9
(b) Unsuitable or defective1055---10
(c) Not separate for sexes11-----11
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork)1212123--12
Total6036363--60