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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
Friern Barnet 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER REQUIRED BY SECTION 128 (3) OF THE FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
1. Inspections for purpose of provisions as to health.
| Number of | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number on Register. | Inspections. | Written notices. | Occupiers Prosecuted | |||||
| (1) Factories in which secs. 1,2,3,4 & 6 are to be enforced by Local authorities | 14 | 12 | 1 | - | ||||
| (2) Factories not included in (1) in which Sec. 7 is enforced by the Local Authority. | 59 | 35 | 2 | - | ||||
| (3) Other premises in which Sec.7 is enforced by the Local Authority. | 4 | 1 | - | - | ||||
| Total | 77 | 48 | 3 | - | ||||
| 2. Cases in which defects were found. | ||||||||
| No. of cases in which defects were found. | ||||||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred | Prosecutions. | |||||
| To H,M. Inspector. | By H.M. Inspector. | |||||||
| Want of cleanliness | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | |||
| Sanitary conveniences (a) Insufficient | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| Other offences. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| Total | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | |||
| OUTWORKERS (Sections 110 end 111). | ||||||||
| Section 110. | Section 111. | |||||||
| No. of outworkers on lists received. | No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises. | Notices served. | ||||||
| 38 | - | - | ||||||