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 Southgate]
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FACTORIES ACT, 1937
Details of Work Carried out During the Year 1947.
1.—INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).
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 .. | 98 | 98 | 10 | — |
(ii) Factories not included in (i) to which Section 7 applies | ||||
(a) Subject to the Local Authorities (Transfer of Enforcement) Order, 1938 | — | — | — | — |
(b) Others | 135 | 135 | 35 | _ |
(iii) Other Premises under the Act (excluding out-workers' premises) | — | — | — | |
Total | 233 | 233 | 45 | — |
Particulars | No. 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 | ||||
Want of cleanliness (S. 1) | 44 | 44 | 1 | 3 | — |
Overcrowding (S. 2) | — | — | — | — | — |
Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | — | — | — | — | — |
Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | — | — | — | — | — |
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) .. | — | — | — | — | — |
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) | |||||
(a) insufficient | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | — | — | — | ||
(c) Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | — |
Other offences (not including offences relating to Homework) | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 65 | 65 | 1 | 3 | — |