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 Greenwich Borough]
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A total of 1,360 visits including 627 general inspections were made to premises during the year. As a result of the service of 94 informal notices, the following contraventions of the Act were remedied:—
No. of thermometers provided | 25 |
Abstract of the Act provided | 32 |
First Aid Kits provided | 25 |
Defective floors repaired | 6 |
Washing facilities provided | — |
Defective stairs or handrails repaired | 6 |
Electric lighting provided or improved | 6 |
Insufficient seating accommodation remedied | — |
Inadequate heating remedied | 1 |
Additional locker accommodation provided | 2 |
Inadequate ventilation remedied | 3 |
Defective sanitary accommodation remedied | 11 |
Dirty conditions remedied | 5 |
Wall surfaces repaired or renewed | 21 |
Hot water supply provided | 7 |
Guards provided on dangerous machines | — |
Other contraventions of the Act remedied | 80 |
Total | 230 |
Exemptions
No applications were received under the exemption provisions
of Section 46 of this Act.
Notification of Accidents
Notice of an accident in the prescribed form is required to be
sent to the appropriate enforcing authority if it occurs in any
premises to which the Act applies and causes loss of life or disables
an employee for more than three days from doing his usual
work.
Of the 107 notifications received during the year, in only one
case was it considered necessary to write to the firm concerned
suggesting alternative measures in order to prevent a recurrence
of a similar accident.
Again, I am happy to report all of the cases notified were nonfatal
and mostly of a minor nature. The respective District Public
Health Inspector investigated each case and proffered advice
where necessary.
Each quarter a return is made to the Ministry of Labour of
notification of accidents. The reported accidents and their