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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
Camberwell 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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SUMMARY OF NOTICES SERVED, 1957.
Intimations, Public Health (London) Act, 1936. Byelaws, etc. 1.429
Statutory notices, Public Health (London) Act, 1936. Byelaws, etc. 771
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1955 93
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Part II) 18
Section 4, Housing Act, 1936 and Sec. 8, Housing Act, 1957. 19
No. of Summonses issued 75
Factories Acts, 1937-1948.
| 1.—INSPECTIONS. 1957. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | 270 | 61 | 2 | – |
| Factories not included above in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 1,040 | 269 | 7 | – |
| Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' premises) | 32 | * | – | – |
| TOTALS | 1,342 | 330 | 9 | – |
*Figures for visits to building sites not available.
2.—CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND, 1957.
| 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 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Overcrowding | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Unreasonable temperature | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Inadequate ventilation | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ineffective drainage of floors | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sanitary conveniences— | |||||
| (a) insufficient | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 7 | 5 | – | 4 | – |
| (c) not separate for sexes | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 6 | 5 | – | – | – |
| Total | 16 | 13 | – | 5 | – |