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SECTION 5
Factories
The provisions of the Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948 are administered by
H.M. Inspector of Factories of the Ministry of Labour and National Service, in
conjunction with the local sanitary authority. Close co-operation is maintained
between the two, and defaults found in the course of visits to factories are
notified between one and the other according to the body responsible for remedial
measures.
Particulars of inspections and other work carried out by the Council's
Inspectors for Factories during 1958 are given in the following table:-
Number of visits-
Factories (with mechanical power) 2,751
Factories (without mechanical power) 1,669
Bakehouses 375
Restaurants 1,266
Outworkers premises 1,736
Rag Flock Act 18
Scabies and vermin cases 192
Smoke observations 531
Water sampling 52
Public Health Annexe 185
Other visits 210
Hairdressers 80
Smoke control area 131
Total 9,196
Intimation Notices served relating to
Factories (with mechanical power)
Factories (without mechanical power)
Bakehouses
Restaurants and canteens
Totals
Statutory notices served
Statues under which served
Fastories Act, 1937 Public Health(London) Act, 1936 Food and Drugs Act, 1955
148 1 1
29 - -
- - 17
1 - 108
178 1 126
10 -3
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