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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
Dagenham 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 & 1948
Inspections.
| Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | ||
| Factories without mechanical power | 22 | 37 | 1 | — |
| Factories with mechanical power | 135 | 222 | 5 | — |
| Other premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises) | 20 | 31 | 2 | – |
| TOTAL | 177 | 290 | 8 | — |
Defects Found.
| No. of defects | No. of prosecutions instituted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
| To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | — | — | — | — | — |
| Overcrowding | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Unreasonable temperature | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Ineffective drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sanitary Conveniences:— | |||||
| Insufficient | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | — |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other offences | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| TOTAL | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | — |
Outwork
No. of out-workers in August list 35
Nature of work Making, etc., wearing apparel.