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 Kensington Borough]
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Officer of Health to make an annual report in regard to the Council's
functions under the Act. The following tables contain a summary of
the inspections made and the defects found and remedied within the
borough during 1958 s-
Inspections
Premises | Number on Register | Number of Inspections | Number of Written Notices |
---|---|---|---|
Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are enforced by the Council | 177 | 113 | 5 |
Factories in which Section 7 is enforced by the Council (not included above) | 555 | 367 | 17 |
TOTALS | 732 | 480 | 22 |
Defects found
Particulars | No. of defects found | No. ofdefects remedied | No.of defects referred | |
---|---|---|---|---|
To H. M. Inspectors | By H. M. Inspectors | |||
Want of cleanliness | 1 | 1 | _ | _ |
Overcrowding | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Unreasonable temperature | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Inadequate ventilation | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Ineffective drainage of floors | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Sanitary conveniences | ||||
(a) insufficient | 2 | _ | _ | _ |
(b) unsuitable or defective | 18 | 12 | _ | 1 |
(c) not separate for sexes | 1 | _ | _ | _ |
Other offences (not including offences relating to Homework) | 1 | 1 | _ | _ |
TOTALS | 23 | 14 | _ | 1 |
During 1958 no prosecutions were instituted under the Factories
Acts, 1937 and 1948.