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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
Hayes and Harlington 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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THE FACTORIES ACT, 1937
Fifty-nine inspections of factories with and without mechanical
power have been made during the year.
There are one hundred factories with mechanical power and
five factories without mechanical power on the register, classified
as under :
Factories with Mechanical Power
Aircraft 3
Bakers 9
Building materials 1
Boot repairs 8
Caravans 1
Cheese 1
Chemical engineers 1
Cocoa and chocolates 1
Coil winding 1
Cardboard 1
Domestic appliances 1
Electric transformers 1
Engineering 29
Fire extinguishers 1
Firelighters 1
Furniture 3
Glazed tiles 1
Ink 1
Jams 1
Joinery 4
Mineral water 1
Motor repairs 7
Munitions 2
Oil blending 1
Oil drum cleaning 1
Pianos 1
Potato crisps 1
Printing 4
Radio 3
Refrigerator repairs 1
Repair of agricultural
implements 1
Rubber 1
Saw mills 1
Slab partitions 1
Tarmacadam 1
Valet services 1
Wire 1
Wood block floors 1
Factories without Mechanical Power
Motor repairs 2
Oil blending 1
Upholstery repairs 1
Smith 1
1.—Inspections
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | |
| Factories with mechanical power | 59 | 1 | |
| Factories without mechanical power | — | — | — |
| Other premises under the Act (including work of building and engineering construction but not including out-workers' premises | — | — | — |
| Total | 59 | 4 | 1 |