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 Hendon]
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APPENDIX
Factories Acts, 1937-1939
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH IN RESPECT OF
THE YEAR 1960 FOR THE BOROUGH OF HENDON IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX
Prescribed Particulars on the Administration of the Factories Act, 1937
Part 1 of the Act
1 - INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors.)
Premises | Number on Register | Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted |
---|---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
(i) Factories in which Sections 1,2,3,4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 11 | 29 | 6 | — |
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 365 | 171 | 21 | — |
(iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out- workers' premises) | 10 | — | — | — |
TOTAL | 386 | 200 | 27 | — |
2 - Cases in which DEFECTS were found
(If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases")
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 | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
Want of cleanliness (S.1) | 9 | 7 | - | - | - |
Overcrowding (S.2) | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | 6 | 6 | - | - | - |
Inadequate Ventilation (S.4) | - | - | - | - | - |
Ineffective drains of floors (S.6) | - | - | - | - | - |
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) (a) Insufficient | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
(b) Unsuitable or defective | 23 | 20 | _ | 2 | — |
(c) Not separate for sexes | - | - | - | - | |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | _ | . | - | _ | . |
TOTAL | 42 | 37 | - | 2 | - |