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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
City of London 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 and 1948
Factory premises have been under such supervision as is necessary, and the following
gives details of the work carried out:—
1.— INSPECTIONS for the purposes of provisions as to health.
| Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||
| (i) Factories in which Sections 1,2,3,4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 1,144 (incl. 1 bakehouse and 992 kitchens) | 1,791 (incl. 1 bakehouse and 1,758 kitchens) | 139 | - |
| (ii) Factories not included in (1) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 561 | 60 | 6 | - |
| (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers' premises). | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 1,705 (incl. 1 bakehouse and 992 kitchens) | 1,851 (incl. 1 bakehouse and 1,758 kitchens) | 145 | - |
2.-CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND
(If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they are reckoned as two, three or more "cases").
| Particulars | No. of cases in which defects were found | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F ound | Remedied | Referred | |||
| To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
| Want of cleanliness (S.l.) | 339 | 508 | - | - | - |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | — | - | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | - | 3 | — | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | 53 | 54 | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) | |||||
| (a) insufficient | 18 | 3 | — | — | — |
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 109 | 106 | — | 15 | — |
| (c) not separate for sexes | 14 | - | — | — | — |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 534 | 675 | - | 15 | - |
| Section 110 | Section 111 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature of Work | No. of outworkers in August list required by Section 110(l)(c) | No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council | No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists | No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises | Notices served | Prosecutions |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Wearing apparel (Making, etc.) | 263 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Household linen | 21 | — | — | _ | _ | _ |
| The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper | 18 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 302 | - | - | - | - | — |