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 Leyton]
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(iii) Inspection of business premises other than food premises.
Inspections were carried out at the undermentioned business premises having regard to the requirements of the Public Health Act, 1936; the Shops Act, 1950; the Factories Act, 1937; the Pet Animals Act, 1951; the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951; the Diseases of, Animals Acts and Orders, the Leyton Corporation Act, 1950; and relevant legislation.
Type of Premises | Number of Inspections |
---|---|
Factories with Mechanical Power | 419 |
Factories without Mechanical Power | 67 |
Fairgrounds | 27 |
Foster Mothers | 2 |
Hairdressers and Barbers | 53 |
Hospitals | 9 |
Local Authority Properties | 26 |
Miscellaneous Shops, etc. | 75 |
Nursing Homes | 11 |
Offices | 2 |
Outworkers | 263 |
Pet Animals Shops | 38 |
Places of Entertainment | 7 |
Public Conveniences | 12 |
Rag Flock | 7 |
Retail Shops | 238 |
Schools | 12 |
Stables | 7 |
Warehouses | 9 |
Workplaces | 4 |
Total Inspections | 1,288 |
(iv) Factories Acts, 1937/48.
The following is an extract from a Statutory Return made annually to the Ministry of Health under the provisions of Part I of the above Acts.
Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||
(i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 60 | 67 | 4 | |
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in Section 7 is en-forced by the Local Authority | 393 | 419 | 15 | |
(iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers premises) | 3 | |||
TOTAL | 453 | 486 | 19 |