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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 1972

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

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Table: TABLE 43OFFICES, SHOPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES ACT, 1963

TABLE 43

OFFICES, SHOPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES ACT, 1963

Type of PremisesRegistered during yearTotal No. of Registered Premises at end of yearRegistered Premises receiving general inspections during yearPersons employed
Offices721, 01641116,460
Retail Shops491,0154784,157
Wholesale Shops415333304, 885
Catering establishments/ Staff Canteens232332541,525
Fuel Storage Depots-1-5
Total1852, 8181,47327,032
( Males18, 022)
( Females9,010)
Other visits to registered premisea .847
Visits to non-registered premises564
Informal Notices served
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963524
Notification of Employment of Persons Order, 196456
Lifts and Hoists Regulations 1968126
Accidents notified - Causes
Machinery
Non-power driven machinery or relevant part in motion1
Transport:
Vehicle in motion not moved by power1
Vehicle in motion moved by power4
Fire and Explosion1
Hand Tools4
Falls of persons:
On or from fixed stairs5
On or from ladders or step ladders3
Other falls from one level to another5
Falls on the same level10
Stepping on orstriking against object or person2
Handling Goods (not otherwise classifiable)27
Struck by falling object3
Not otherwise specified6
Total72

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