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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

Bexley 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: TABLE No. 5.Factories Act, 1937 and 1948.1. Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health Including Inspections made by Public Health Inspectors

TABLE No. 5.

Factories Act, 1937 and 1948.

1. Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health Including Inspections made by Public Health Inspectors

Premises. 1N umber of :
Inspections. 2W ritten Notices. 3Prosecutions 4
Factories without mechanical power26——
Factories with mechanical power2807—
'Other Premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises)10
•Electrical Stations should be reckoned as factories.
Total ...3167

Table: 2.Defects Found.

2.Defects Found.

Particulars.N umber ot Defects.. Number of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
12345
Want of cleanliness (S.l)88——
Overcrowding (S.2)————
Unreasonable temperature (S.3)————
Inadequate ventilation (S.4)————
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6)————
Sanitarv Conveniences (S.7)—
Insufficient————
Unsuitable or defective44——
Not separate for sexes————
Other Offences55——
(Not including offences relating to Home Work or offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921, and re-enacted in the Third Schedule to the Factories Act, 1937.)
Total1717——