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The number of factories included in the foregoing table is 289,
as compared with 275 in the corresponding table in the last annual
report, 20 new factories having been opened in 1937, and 6 removed.
The duties of sanitary authorities in relation to the sanitation
of factories are few, and are limited mainly to the enforcement
of suitable and sufficient sanitary accommodation for
factory employees.
During the year 39 preliminary and 1 statutory notices
were served under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936,
for defects found on factory premises, for the most part relating
to defective or insufficient sanitary accommodation, and in one case
it became necessary to resort to legal proceedings (vide page 79)
to enforce the requirements of the Council.
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