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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
Barking 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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(d) Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and the
Factories Act, 1937 (which superseded the
Act of 1901 on 1st July, 1938).
(i)
| Premises. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
| Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
| Factories with mechanical power | 317 | 10 | _ | _ |
| Factories without mechanical power | 119 | 1 | — | — |
| Other Premises | 112 | 3 | — | — |
| Totals | 548 | 14 | — | — |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| *Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | — | — | ||
| Inadequate ventilation | — | — | ||
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | ||
| Sanitary accommodation:— | — | |||
| Insufficient | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Other offences | — | — | ||
| Totals | — | — | ||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.