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 Camberwell.
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SUMMARY OF NOTICES SERVED, 1956.
Intimations, Public Health (London) Act, 1936. Byelaws, etc. | 2,151 |
Statutory notices, Public Health (London) Act, 1936. Byelaws, etc. | 1,306 |
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1955 | 26 |
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Part II) | 46 |
Section 4, Housing Act, 1936 | 26 |
No. of Summonses issued | 193 |
Factories Acts, 1937-1948. 1.—INSPECTIONS, 1956.
Premises. | Number on Register. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | ||
Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 285 | 69 | – | – |
Factories not included above in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 1,063 | 303 | 24 | – |
Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' premises) | 24 | 2 | – | – |
Totals | 1,372 | 374 | 24 | — |
2.—CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND, 1956.
Particulars. | No. of cases in which defects were | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred | |||
To H.M. Inspector. | By H.M. Inspector. | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 5 | 4 | – | – | – |
Overcrowding | – | – | – | – | – |
Unreasonable temperature | – | – | – | – | – |
Inadequate ventilation | – | – | – | – | – |
Ineffective drainage of floors | – | – | – | – | – |
Sanitary conveniences— | |||||
(a) insufficient | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
(b) unsuitable or defective | 17 | 14 | – | 7 | – |
(c) not separate for sexes | – | – | – | – | – |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 12 | 12 | – | – | – |
30 | 8 | Total | 35 | – | – |