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Hendon 1960

[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.)

PremisesNumber on RegisterInspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers prosecuted
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
(i) Factories in which Sections 1,2,3,4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities11296
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority36517121
(iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out- workers' premises)10
TOTAL38620027

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")

ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
FoundRemediedReferred to H. M. InspectorBy H .M. Inspector
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
Want of cleanliness (S.1)97---
Overcrowding (S.2)33---
Unreasonable temperature (S.3)66---
Inadequate Ventilation (S.4)-----
Ineffective drains of floors (S.6)-----
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) (a) Insufficient11---
(b) Unsuitable or defective2320_2
(c) Not separate for sexes----
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork)_.-_.
TOTAL4237-2-