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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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| Number of inspections | 707 |
| Number of re-visits | 480 |
| Notices served | |
| Prosecutions instituted | - |
| Defects, found | 510 |
| Defects remedied | 545 |
| Defects referred to H.M. Inspectors | 3 |
| Defects referred by H.M. Inspectors | 4 |
| Complaints received | 41 |
| Notices complied with | 44 |
| Factories visited | 315 |
| Contraventions found | 152 |
| Contraventions remedied | 145 |
| Notices served | 41 |
| Notices complied with | 46 |
PART I OF THE ACT
Prescribed Particulars on the Administration of the Factories Act, 1961
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 | 245 | 82 | 12 | - |
| (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 1714 | 595 | 61 | - |
| (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority* (excluding outworkers premises) | 29 | 30 | 9 | - |
| TOTAL | 1988 | 707 | 82 | - |
i.e. Electrical Stations (Section 123(1)), Institutions (Section 124) sites of Building
Operations and Works of Engineering Construction (Section 127), Slaughterhouses,
(Section 17 5 (1) (d) and (e) and Railway Running Sheds (Section 175(2) and (10)).