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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
Croydon 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
The new Factories Act came into force on July 1st, 1938.
This caused considerable alterations of an additional character
in regard to the work. The word "workshop" has now been left
out and all places where persons are employed are now factories.
Table I.
| 1. Inspections. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Premises. | Number ot | ||
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| FACTORIES (with mechanical power) | 863 | 209 | ... |
| FACTORIES (without mechlanioal power) | 753 | 146 | ... |
| Other premises under the Act | 104 | 26 | ... |
| Total | 1,720 | 381 | ... |
Table II.
| Particulars. | No of Defects. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Prosecutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 120 | 94 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Unreasonble Temperature | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Inadequate Ventilation | 5 | 5 | ... | ... |
| Ineffective Drainage of Floors | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary Converiences | ||||
| Insufficient | 12 | 11 | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 158 | 156 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Other offences— (not including offences relating to homework 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), | 88 | 73 | ... | ... |
| Total | 388 | 344 | ... | ... |