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 Ealing]
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Plats (bedsitters) 50
Plats (1 bedroom) - 49
Plats (2 bedrooms) 96 (84 Plats: 12 Maisonettes)
Plats (3 bedrooms) 6
FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 AND 1948
Part 1 of the Act
1 Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors)
Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||
(i) Factories in which Sections l,2,3,4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 75 | 5 | - | - |
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by Local Authority | 441 | 515 | 56 | - |
(iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out workers premises) | - | - | - | - |
Total | 516 | 520 | 56 | - |
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 | 15 | 17 | - | 1 | - |
Overcrowding | - | - | - | - | - |
Unreasonable temperature | - | - | - | - | - |
Inadequate ventilation | - | « | - | - | - |
Ineffective drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | - |
Sanitary Conveniences (a) Insufficient | 9 | 10 | - | 5 | - |
(b) Unsuitable or defective | 13 | 16 | - | 3 | - |
(c) Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to out- workers) | 10 | 12 | - | 1 | - |
Total | 48 | 56* | - | 10 | - |
*This figure includes certain defects which were outstanding at
the end of 1957.