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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

Stoke Newington 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: FACTORIES ACTS 1937 AND 19481 . INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors) :

FACTORIES ACTS 1937 AND 1948

1 . INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors) :

PremisesNumber on RegisterNumber of
InspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted
(i) Factories in which Sections 1,2,3,4 & 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities.60582Nil
(ii) Factories not included in
(i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority .26620327Nil
(iii)Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority, excluding outworkers premises----
Total32626129Nil

Table: 2. Cases in which DEFECTS were found.

2. Cases in which DEFECTS were found.

ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted.
FoundRemediedReferred
to H.M. Inspectorby H.M. Inspector
Want of Cleanliness55---
Overcrowding .-----
Unreasonable temperature-----
Inadequate ventilation.-----
Ineffective drainage of floors-----
Sanitary Conveniences:
(a) Insufficient.11---
(b) Unsuitable or defective43---
(c) Not separate for sexes44---
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating tooutwork)1269Relating to lack of Abstract
Total26199--