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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

Islington 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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Table: Work of Public Health Inspectors Adnlnlsterlng Factories Act, 1937, and other legislation. Factories Act, 1937.

Work of Public Health Inspectors Adnlnlsterlng Factories Act, 1937, and other legislation. Factories Act, 1937.

Number of inspections802
Number of re-visits777
Notices served89
Prosecutions instituted-
Defects found731
Defects remedied736
Defects referred to H.M. Inspectors6
Defects referred by H.M. Inspectors7
Complaints received76
Notices complied with104
Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
Factories visited860
Contraventions found193
Contraventions remedied172
Notices served93
Notices complied with73

Table: PART I OF THE ACTPrescribed Particulars on the Administration of the Factories Act, 1937.1. Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors.)

PART I OF THE ACT

Prescribed Particulars on the Administration of the Factories Act, 1937.

1. Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors.)

Number of
PremisesNumber on RegisterInspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers prosecuted
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
(i) Factories in which Sections 1,2,3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities2221197-
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority1,86948744-
(iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority1 (excluding outworkers' premises)2719638-
TOTAL2,11880289-

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* i.e. Electrical Stations (Section 103 (1)), Institutions (Section 104) and sites of
Building operations and Works of Engineering Construction (Sections 107 and 108).