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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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| Number of inspections | 880 |
| Number of re-inspections | 450 |
| Notices served | 53 |
| Prosecutions instituted | – |
| Defects remedied | 404 |
| Defects referred to H. M. Inspectors | – |
| Defects referred by H.M. Inspectors | 16 |
| Complaints received | 7 |
| Notices complied with | 58 |
| Factories inspected | 244 |
| Contraventions found | 44 |
| Contraventions remedied | 44 |
| Notices served | 10 |
| Notices complied with | 8 |
OTHER INDUSTRIAL NUISANCES
Owing to the very mixed development which occurred in various parts of the Borough
before Town Planning control operated, complaints were frequently received from residents
of nuisances alleged to emanate from industrial or commercial sources. All were investigated
and action was taken under Public Health legislation for nuisance where possible.
Apart from noise, dealt with elsewhere, complaints were made during the year of
nuisances caused by car breakers and the parking and repair of motor vehicles in the roadway.
Nuisances from dust and fumes, another common cause of complaint, were somewhat less in
1968.
Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by public health inspectors.)
| Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| (i) Factories in which Sections 1. 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 25 | 110 | 6 | – |
| (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 2,545 | 639 | 39 | – |
| (ill) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority* (excluding outworkers premises) | 40 | 131 | 8 | – |
| Total | 2,610 | 880 | 53 | – |
•i.e. Electrical Stations (Section 123(1)), Institutions (Section 124), sites of
Building Operations and Works of Engineering Construction (Section 127)
Slaughterhouses, (Section 175(d) and (e))and Railway Running Sheds (Section
175(2) and (10)).
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