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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Part I of the Act
1 - INSPECTIONS for the purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by public health inspectors)
| Premises (1) | No. on Register(2) | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections(3) | Written Notices(4) | Occupiers prosecuted(5) | |||
| i) Factories in which Secs.l, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by local authorities | 113 | 9 | - | - | |
| ii) Factories not included in i) in which Sec.7 is enforced by the local authority | 561 | 106 | 5 | - | |
| iii) Other premises in which Sec.7 is enforced by the local authority (excluding outworkers' premises) | 68 | 47 | - | - | |
| TOTAL | 742 | 162 | 5 | - | |
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 | Number of cases in which defects were | No. of cases in which prosecutions were instituted (6) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found(2) | Remedied(3) | referred | |||
| To H.M. Inspector(4) | By H.M. Inspector(5) | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| Want of cleanliness (S.1) | 2 | 4 | - | - | _ |
| Overcrowding (S.2 ) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sanitary conveniences (S.7): | |||||
| (a) insufficient | - | - | - | - | - |
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| (c) not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 1 | 1 | _ | - | _ |
| TOTAL | 7 | 8 | - | 3 | - |