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Bexley 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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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.N umber of :
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions
1234
Factories without mechanical power45
Factories with mechanical power1564
*Other Premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises)
*Electrical Stations should be reckoned as factories.
Total2014

2. Defects Found.

Particulars.Number ot Defects.Number of Prosecution
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
12346
Want of cleanliness (S.l)44
Overcrowding (S.2)
Unreasonable temperature (S.3)
Inadequate ventilation (S.4)
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6)
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7)—
Insufficient
Unsuitable or defective55
Not separate for sexes
Other Offences (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.)33
Total1212