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 Camden]
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Table 14 FACTORIES
Particulars of factory and other Inspections carried out by this Council's Public Health Inspectors during 1965 are given In the following table:-
Number of visits - | |
Factories (with mechanical power) | 2,589 |
Factories (without mechanical power) | 253 |
Workplaces | 534 |
Rag Flock Acts | 22 |
Smoke observations | 125 |
Prior approval visits | 11 |
Smoke control area visits | 16,996 |
Water sampling | 69 |
Other visits | 1,682 |
22,281 | |
Notices served | 147 |
The following particulars are furnished In accordance with Section 153(1) of the 1961 Act,
with respect to matters under Parts 1 and VIII:-
Part I of the Act
1. Inspections, etc.
Premises | Number on Register | Number of | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Occupier prosecuted | |||
(i) | Non-power factories, in which sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are enforced by Local Authorities | 461 | 350 | 10 | Nil |
(ii) | Power factories in which section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 2,112 | 2,588 | 130 | 1 |
(iii) | Other premises in which section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority, excluding outworkers' premises. | 55 | 102 | Nil | Nil |
Totals | 2,628 | 3,040 | 140 | 1 |
NOTE: In addition to the premises on the Statutory register, as shown in the above table, there
are 466 classified as workplaces which do not fall within the definition of a factory as
defined by the Act, but in which work involving manual labour is carried on.
2. Cases in which defects were found
Particulars | Found | Remedied | Referred | Number of prosecutions | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
Want of cleanliness (S.l) | 46 | 42 | - | 14 | - |
Overcrowding (S.2) | - | - | 1 | - | - |