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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 22.—Factories: Inspection for purposes of provisions as to health
| Number on Register | Number of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||||||
| 1968 | 1967 | 1968 | 1967 | 1968 | 1967 | 1968 | 1967 | |
| (i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 758 | 777 | 119 | 48 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 2,968 | 3,080 | 432 | 354 | 50 | 11 | — | — |
| (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' premises) | 913 | 865 | 1,445 | 1,373 | — | — | — | |
| Total | 4,639 | 4,722 | 1,996 | 1,775 | 55 | 13 | — | — |
Table 23.—Factories: Defects
| Particulars | Number of cases in which defects were found | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred | ||||||||
| To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | |||||||||
| 1968 | 1967 | 1968 | 1967 | 1968 | 1967 | 1968 | 1967 | 1968 | 1967 | |
| Want of cleanliness (S.1) | 20 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) | ||||||||||
| (a) Insufficient | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 45 | 21 | 33 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | — | — |
| (c) Not separate for sexes | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Out-work) | 21 | 18 | 13 | 11 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 105 | 73 | 76 | 65 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 14 | — | — |