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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
Southwark 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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FACTORIES ACTS - PART I
Eight hundred and eleven inspections of Factories were made
during the year, and 7 notices were served. There are now 905
factories of all types on the register, comprising 168 factories
without mechanical power, 717 with mechanical power, and in
addition 20 building sites, for which a further 103 inspections
were made, but no notices served.
Inspection for purpose of
provisions as to health
Number
on
Register
Number of:-
Inspections Notices Prosecutions
(i) Factories in which
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6
are to be enforced by
Local Authorities
(ii) Factories not included
in (i) in which Section
7 is enforced by the
Local Authority
(iii) Other Premises in which
Section 7 is enforced b}
Local Authority (excluding
outworkers
prenises).
168
717
20
905
75
633
103
811
4
42
46
Defects found and remedied:
| Particulars | No. of cases in which defects were: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.U. Insp. | Referred by H. M. Insp. | No. of Prosecutions | |
| Want of cleanliness (S1) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overcrowding (S2) | - | - | - | ||
| Unreasonable temperature (S3) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inadequate ventilation (S4) | - | - | - | - | |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S6) | - | - | - | - | |
| Sanitary conveniences (S7) | |||||
| (a) insufficient | - | - | - | - | - |
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 53 | 50 | - | 3 | - |
| (c) not separate for sexes | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | 48 | 35 | 5 | 3 | - |
| Total | 101 | 85 | 5 | 6 | - |
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