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 Lewisham Borough]
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Informal notices: | |
Public Health Act, 1936 | 374 |
Factories Act | 30 |
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 | 101 |
Noise Abatement Act, 1960 | 3 |
Total | 508 |
Statutory notices: | |
Public Health Act, 1961 | 117 |
Public Health Act, 1936 | 221 |
Housing Act, 1961 | 189 |
Byelaws | 23 |
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 | 3 |
Factories Act, 1961 | 19 |
G.L.C. (General Powers) Acts | — |
Total | 572 |
FACTORIES
Section 7 of the Factories Act, 1961, requiring the provision of sufficient and suitable
sanitary conveniences is enforced by the Council in all factories, whether mechanical
power is used in the factory or not. The provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 relating
to cleanliness, overcrowding, the maintenance of a reasonable temperature, the
securing of adequate ventilation of workrooms and the furnishing of adequate
means of draining floors where wet processes are carried on, are enforced by the
Council in factories in which mechanical power is not used. The provisions of section 7
are also applied to certain building operations and works of engineering construction,
etc.
A local authority is required to keep a register of factories where it is responsible
for the enforcement of any of the provisions mentioned above. Close co-operation is
maintained with H.M. Inspectors of Factories so that any fault found by them during
the course of their visits and for which it is the duty of the local authority to take
action, are notified to the Health Department. Similarly, the public health inspectors
notify H.M. inspectors. H.M. inspectors also forward to the Health Department
details of new factories, the introduction of mechanical power or other information
which may assist the local authority.
Special attention is paid to factory canteens. These are visited by the Council's
inspectors and opportunity is taken to discuss with staff the need to maintain a good
standard of food hygiene.
Premises | Number on register | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||
(i) Factories in which sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by local authorities | 43 | 19 | — | — |
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which section 7 is enforced by the local authority | 611 | 1,390 | 49 | — |
(iii) Other premises in which section 7 is enforced by the local authority (excluding outworkers' premises) | — | — | — | — |
TOTAL | 654 | 1,409 | 49 | — |