London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Tottenham 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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FACTORIES AND SHOPS
There is a wide range of products from the many factories
which are scattered throughout the Borough with a greater concentration
on the east side of the High Road in the vicinity of the
River Lea, The industrial processes are largely of a light
nature such as furniture manufacture and light engineering The
723 factories on the register vary in size from those employing
only two to three people to the larger ones with 2 000 to 3,000
employees Regular systematic inspections are carried out by the
public health inspectors to ensure cojnipliance with those parts of
the Factories Acts which are enforceable by the local authority
Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948
Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors)
| Number on Register | NUMBER OF | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupier Prosecuted | |||
| (i) | Factories in which sections 1,2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by local authority | 56 | 32 | - | - |
| (ii) | Factories not included in (i) in which section 7 is enforced by the local authority | 669 | 351 | 20 | - |
| (iii) | Other premises under the Act (excluding Outworkers premises) | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| TOTAL | 728 | 386 | 20 | - | |