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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
Havering 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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FACTORIES ACT, 1961
Prescribed particulars on the administration of the Factories
Act, 1961, as required by Section 153(1) and Ministry of Health
Circular 1/67.
TABLE - 50
Factories Act, 1961
| PART 1 OF THE ACT 1. Inspection for the purposes of Provisions as to Health: | |||||
| Premises | No. on Register | No. of Inspections | No. of written notices | No. of Occupiers prosecuted | |
| (1) Factories in which Sections 1,2,3,4 and 6 are to be enforced by local authorities | 41 | 9 | - | - | |
| (2) Factories not included in (1) in which section 7 is enforced by the local authority | 640 | 214 | 24 | - | |
| (3) Other premises in which section 7 is enforced by local authority | 35 | 41 | - | - | |
| TOTAL: | 716 | 264 | 24 | - | |
| 2. Cases in which Defects were found: | |||||
| Particulars | Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | Referred by H.M. Inspecto | Prose-cutiotis |
| Want of cleanliness (s.l) | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Overcrowding (s.2) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable temperature (s.3) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inadequate ventilation (s.4) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (s.6) | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Sanitary conveniences (s. 7) | |||||
| (a) insufficient | 2 | - | - | 2 | -_ |
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 21 | 4 | 5 | ||
| (c) not seperate for sexes | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Other offences against the Act (excluding Outwork) | 8 | 1 | - | - | - |
| TOTAL: | 35 | 5 | - | 7 | - |