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 Islington Borough]
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Work of Public Health Inspectors Adnlnlsterlng Factories Act, 1937, and other legislation. Factories Act, 1937.
Number of inspections | 802 |
Number of re-visits | 777 |
Notices served | 89 |
Prosecutions instituted | - |
Defects found | 731 |
Defects remedied | 736 |
Defects referred to H.M. Inspectors | 6 |
Defects referred by H.M. Inspectors | 7 |
Complaints received | 76 |
Notices complied with | 104 |
Public Health (London) Act, 1936. | |
Factories visited | 860 |
Contraventions found | 193 |
Contraventions remedied | 172 |
Notices served | 93 |
Notices complied with | 73 |
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 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Premises | Number on Register | Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
(i) Factories in which Sections 1,2,3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 222 | 119 | 7 | - |
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 1,869 | 487 | 44 | - |
(iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority1 (excluding outworkers' premises) | 27 | 196 | 38 | - |
TOTAL | 2,118 | 802 | 89 | - |
* i.e. Electrical Stations (Section 103 (1)), Institutions (Section 104) and sites of
Building operations and Works of Engineering Construction (Sections 107 and 108).