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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
Enfield 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901, AND FACTORIES ACT,
1937.
A register is kept of all the factories, etc. in the District, and
at the end of 1938 there were 292 factories and 13 workplaces
registered.
The following tables give details of the work done in connection
with these places:—
Inspections.
Premises.
Number of
Inspections.
Written
Notices.
Prosecutions.
Factories with mechanical power
286
23
—
Factories without mechanical power
70
—
—
Other Premises under the Act (including
Works of building and engineering
construction but not including outworkers
premises)
240
—
—
Total
596
23
—
Defects Found.
Particulars.
Number of Defects.
Number
of
Prosecutions.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
Want of cleanliness
10
10
—
—
Overcrowding
1
1
1
—
Unreasonable temperature
—
—
—
—
Inadequate ventilation
1
1
1
—
Ineffective drainage of floors
—
—
—
—
Sanitary Conveniences:—
Insufficient
1
—
—
—
Unsuitable or defective
12
12
—
—
Not separate for sexes
—
—
—
—
Other offences
6
6
9
—
Total
31
30
11
—