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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
Chelsea 1959
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1959
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FACTORIES ACT. 1937 (Continued)
2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND
| Particulars | Number of cases in which Defects were found | Prosecutions | |||
| Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
| To H.M. Inspector | By H.M« Inspector | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness (Section l) | 6 | 4 | 4 | — | |
| Overcrowding (Section 2) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable Temperature (Section 3) | 2 | m | 1 | ||
| Inadequate Ventilation (Section 4) | |||||
| Ineffective drainage of floors (Section 6) | |||||
| Sanitary Conveniences (Section 7) (a) Insufficient | 1 | ||||
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 59 | 36 | 5 | ||
| (c) Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Other offences against the Act (not including Outworkers) | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | |
| TOTAL | 70 | 42 | - | 11 | - |