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, 1960
Intimations, Public Health (London) Act, 1936
Byelaws, etc.
1,210
Statutory Notices, Public Health (London) Act, 1936
Byelaws, etc.
619
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1955
166
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Part II)
31
Section 8, Housing Act, 1957
16
Clean Air Act, 1956
1
No. of Summonses issued
66
Factories Acts, 1937-1948
1.- INSPECTIONS, 1960 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 344 | 212 | 1 | – |
Factories not included above in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 967 | 1,064 | 6 | – |
Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' premises) | 31 | 5 | – | – |
Totals | 1,342 | 1,281 | 7 | – |
2.- CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND, 1960
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 | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | – |
Overcrowding | – | – | – | – | – |
Unreasonable temperature | – | – | – | – | – |
Inadequate ventilation | – | – | – | – | – |
Ineffective drainage of floors | – | – | – | – | – |
Sanitary conveniences – | |||||
(a) insufficient | – | – | – | – | – |
(b) unsuitable or defective | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
(c) not separate for sexes | – | – | – | – | – |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Total | 12 | 12 | – | 1 | – |