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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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)).