London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
City of Westminster 1972
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Table 19 — Factories: Inspection for purposes of provisions as to health
| Number on Register | Number of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||||||
| 1972 | 1971 | 1972 | 1971 | 1972 | 1971 | 1972 | 1971 | |
| Factories Act, 1961 | ||||||||
| (i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6, are enforced by the Local Authority | 728 | 725 | 13 | 89 | — | 1 | — | — |
| (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 2,493 | 2,591 | 215 | 132 | 1 | 9 | — | — |
| (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers' premises) | 973 | 971 | 1,133 | 1,101 | — | — | — | |
| 4,194 | 4,287 | 1,361 | 1,322 | 1 | 10 | — | — | |
Table 20 — Factories: Defects
| Found | Number of cases in which defects were found | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remedied | Referred | |||||||||
| to H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | |||||||||
| Factories Act 1961 | 1972 | 1971 | 1972 | 1971 | 1972 | 1971 | 1972 | 1971 | 1972 | 1971 |
| Want of cleanliness (S.1.) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3.) | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4.) | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6.) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7.) | ||||||||||
| (a) Insufficient | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 65 | 22 | 45 | 19 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| (c) Not separate for sexes | 12 | 5 | 10 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Other offences against the Act | ||||||||||
| (not including offences relating | ||||||||||
| to Out-work) | — | 10 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 95 | 55 | 70 | 45 | — | — | 7 | 6 | — | — |