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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

Tower Hamlets 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 44PRESCRIBED PARTICULARS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FACTORIES ACT, 19611. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health

TABLE 44

PRESCRIBED PARTICULARS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FACTORIES ACT, 1961

1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health

Type of FactoryNo. on RegisterInspectionsWritten Notices
Factories without mechanical power6421445
Factories with mechanical power3,4591, 024247
Other premises under the Act (Electrical Stations, Institutions, and sites of building operations and works of engineering and construction)17233-
Total:4,2731, 201252
2. Cases in which Defects were found
ParticularsFoundRemediedReferred
to H. M. Inspectorby H. M. Inspector
Want of cleanliness48435-
Overcrowding----
Unreasonable temperature----
Inadequate ventilation44--
Ineffective drainage of floors1-1-
Sanitary Conveniences:
(a) insufficient33-4
(b) unsuitable or defective8080-21
(c) not separate for sexes----
Other offences against the Act (not including those relating to outwork)12-12-
Total:1481301825