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 Acton]
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FACTORIES ACT, 1937 PART I OF THE ACT
1. INSPECTIONS for the purpose of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).
Premises | Number on Register | Number of Inspections | Number of Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted |
---|---|---|---|---|
Factories without mechanical power | 36 | 10 | 1 | — |
Factories with mechanical power | 594 | 187 | 18 | — |
Other premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises) | 9 | 8 | — | — |
TOTAL | 639 | 205 | 19 | — |
2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND.
Particulars | Number of Delects | Prosecutions | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | Referred by H.M. Inspector | ||
Want of cleanliness (S.l.) | — | — | —_ | — | — |
Unreasonable Temperature (S.3.) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Inadequate Ventilation (S.4.) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Conveniences (S.7.) | |||||
(a) Insufficient | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
(b) Unsuitable or defective | 26 | 26 | — | 17 | — |
TOTAL | 29 | 29 | — | 17 | — |