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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
Kensington 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Part 1 of the Act
1 - INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors)
| Premises | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. on Register (2) | Inspections (3) | Written notices (4) | Occupiers prosecuted (5) | |
| (i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 150 | 45 | 7 | - |
| (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 578 | 242 | 17 | 3 |
| (iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers' premises) | - | - | - | |
| TOTAL | 728 | 287 | 24 | 3 |
2 - Cases in which DEFECTS were found (If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases")
| Particulars(1) | Number of cases in which defects were | No. of cases in which prosecut-ions were instituted(6) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found (2) | Remedied (3) | Referred | |||
| To H. M. Inspector (4) | By H. M. Inspector (5) | ||||
| Want of cleanliness (S.l) | 2 | l | 1 | - | |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | - | - | — | - | |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sanitary conveniences (S.7) | |||||
| (a) insufficient | - | - | - | - | |
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 16 | 10 | - | - | 2 |
| (c) not separate for sexes | 7 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork.) | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 25 | 17 | - | 2 | 3 |