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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Work of Public Health Inspectors Administering Factories Act, 1961, and
other legislation
Factories Act, 1961
Number of Inspections 562
Number of re-visits 464
Notices served 44
Prosecutions instituted
Defects found 254
Defects remedied 406
Defects referred to H.M. Inspectors 2
Defects referred by H.M. Inspectors 4
Complaints received 24
Notices complied with 40
Public Health (London) Act, 1936
Factories visited 108
Contraventions found 33
Contraventions remedied 27
Notices served 9
Notices complied with 12
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 | 213 | 98 | 1 | - |
| (ii) Ractones not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 1768 | 397 | 40 | - |
| (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority* (excluding outworkers premises) | 36 | 67 | 3 | - |
| TOTAL | 2017 | 562 | 44 | - |
* i.e. Electrical Stations (Section 123(1)), Institutions (Section 124 sites of
Building Operations and Works of Engineering Construction (Section 127),
Slaughterhouses, (Section 17S( 1) (d) and (e)) and Railway Running Sheds
(Section 175(2) and (10)).