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Acton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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SECTION IV.—FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS.
Information concerning the work carried out under the above Acts is given in the
following tables in the form required by the Home Secretary. The work is carried out by one
male inspector and one female inspector.
The arrangement is that the female inspector is responsible for inspecting workshops in
which women are employed and for all visits to outworkers and to domestic workshops.
The male inspector is responsible for workshops in which men are employed, including
bakehouses and restaurants.
Both inspectors visit workshops in which men and women are employed.

Report of Work carried out by the Factory and Workshop Inspectors during the year1936.

Inspections and Re-Inspections.Thompson.Miss Camman.Totals.
Factories (including factory laundries and bakehouses)18767982674
Workshops (including workshop laundries and bakehouses)14.168072253
Workplaces (including restaurant kitchens)7706241394
Outworkers' premises-11821182
Shops Act37236408
Other Visits4137141
Totals446835848052
Notices served relating to:—
Factories14124165
Workshops611475
Workplaces10212
Others24630
Totals23646282