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 Coulsdon]
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FACTORIES AND WORKPLACES.
Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948.
PART I.
1. INSPECTIONS.
Premises. | Number on Register. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | ||
(i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 39 | 46 | 1 | - |
(ii) Factories not included in (1) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 151 | 229 | 6 | - |
(iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers' premises) | 10 | 7 | — | — |
Total | 200 | 282 | 7 | — |
2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND.
Particulars. | Number of cases in which defects were found. | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred | |||
To H.M. Inspector. | By H.M. Inspector. | ||||
Want of cleanliness (S.l) | - | — | — | _ | — |
Overcrowding (S.2) | — | — | — | — | — |
Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | — | — | — | — | — |
Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | — | — | — | — | — |
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | — | — | — | - | — |
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) (a) Insufficient | 1 | 1 | — | _ | — |
(b) Unsuitable or defective | 20 | 18 | — | 1 | — |
(c) Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | — |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | 6 | 5 | — | — | — |
Total | 27 | 24 | — | 1 | — |