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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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FACTORIES ACT, 1961
Prescribed particulars required by Section 153 (1)
PART I
(1) INSPECTIONS
Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | ||
(1) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 of the Act are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 419 | 150 | 2 | - |
(2) Factories not included above in which Section 7 of the Act is enforced by the Local Authority | 1,128 | 1,014 | 15 | - |
(3) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' Premises) | 298 | 47 | - | - |
Total | 1,845 | 1,211 | 17 | - |
(2) 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 | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | — |
Unreasonable temperature | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Inadequate ventilation | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Ineffective drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | — |
Sanitary Conveniences: | |||||
(a) insufficient | 8 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
(6) unsuitable or defective | 45 | 30 | — | 11 | — |
(c) not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | — |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 56 | 34 | — | 13 | — |