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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 1964
[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 | No. on Register | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| i) Factories in which Sees. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by local authorities | 100 | 45 | 2 | – |
| ii) Factories not included in i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the local authority | 543 | 242 | 15 | – |
| iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the local authority (excluding outworkers' premises) | 9 | 9 | – | – |
| TOTAL | 652 | 296 | 17 | – |
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 casesin which prosecutions were instituted(6) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found (2) | Remedied(3) | Referred | |||
| To H.M. Inspector(4) | By H.M. Inspector(5) | ||||
| Want of cleanliness (S.l) | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 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 | 15 | 15 | - | 4 | - |
| (c) Not separate for sexes | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 17 | 17 | - | 6 | - |