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 Orpington]
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APPENDIX 4.
FACTORIES ACTS 1937 AND 1948.
PART I. OF THE ACT. 1. INSPECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH.
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 | 21 | 12 | 1 | — |
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 134 | 91 | 7 | — |
(iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority 1(excluding outworkers' premises) | 10 | 8 | — | — |
Total | 165 | 111 | 8 | — |
* i.e. Electrical Stations (Section 103 (1)), Institutions (Section 104), and sites
of Building Operations and works of Engineering Construction (Sections
107 and 108).