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Tower Hamlets 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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PRESCRIBED PARTICULARS ON THE ADMINISTRATIONOF THE FACTORIES ACT, 1961
| 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health | ||||||
| Type of Factory | No. on Register | Inspections | Written Notices | |||
| Factories without mechanical power | 105 | 151 | - | |||
| Factories with mechanical power | 1, 740 | 2, 949 | 124 | |||
| Other premises under the Act (Electrical stations, institutions, and sites of building operations and works of engineering and construction) | 73 | 12 | - | |||
| Total: | 1,918 | 3,112 | 124 | |||
| 2. Cases in which defects were found | ||||||
| Particulars | Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
| ToH.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 1 | - | 1 | - | ||
| Overcrowding | - | - | - | - | ||
| Unreasonable temperature | - | - | - | - | ||
| Inadequate ventilation | - | - | - | - | ||
| Ineffective drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | ||
| Sanitary conveniences: | ||||||
| (a) Insufficient | 7 | 6 | - | 3 | ||
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 168 | 118 | - | 7 | ||
| (c) not separate for sexes | 8 | 6 | - | - | ||
| Other offences against the Act (not including those relating to outwork) | 108 | 62 | 4 | - | ||
| Total; | 292 | 192 | 5 | 10 | ||