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 Westminster, City of]
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Table 21.-Factories: Inspection for purposes of provisions as to health
Number on Register | Number of | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted | |||||||
1969 | 1968 | 1969 | 1968 | 1969 | 1968 | 1969 | 1968 | ||
(i) | Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 745 | 758 | 105 | 119 | 1 | 5 | - | - |
(ii) | Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 2,754 | 2,968 | 397 | 432 | 16 | 50 | - | - |
(iii) | Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' premises) | 815 | 913 | 1,381 | 1,445 | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Total | 4,314 | 4,639 | 1,883 | 1,996 | 17 | 55 | - | - |
Table 22.-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 | |||||||||
1969 | 1968 | 1969 | 1968 | 1969 | 1968 | 1969 | 1968 | 1969 | 1968 | |
Want of cleanliness (S.1) | 6 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
Overcrowding (S.2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | 14 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) | ||||||||||
(a) Insufficient | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
29 | 45 | 28 | 33 | - | 2 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
(c) Not separate for sexes | 5 | 10 | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Out-work) | 17 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 76 | 105 | 59 | 76 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | - | - |