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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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disease of animals (waste foods) order, 1957
Licences were granted to operate plant and equipment for the boiling of
waste foods at four piggeries. No serious breach of the Order was found during
the year.
FACTORIES ACT, 1961
Inspections
| Number on Register | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | ||
| Factories without mechanical power | 26 | 12 | - | - |
| Factories with mechanical power | 155 | 87 | 9 | - |
| Other premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises) | 12 | 14 | ||
| Total | 193 | 113 | 9 | - |
Defects Found
| Number of defects | Number of Prosecutions Instituted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | Referred by H.M. Inspector | ||
| Want of cleanliness | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overcrowding | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable temperature | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inadequate ventilation | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ineffective drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sanitary Conveniences: | |||||
| Insufficient | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Unsuitable or defective | 7 | 6 | - | 1 | - |
| Not separate for | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Other offences | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 12 | 10 | - | 1 | - |
Outwork
Number of outworkers in August list 14
Nature of work - Making, etc., wearing apparel.