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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southgate 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 and 1948.
Details of Work Carried out During the Year 1948.
1.—INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).
| Premises. | M/c. line No. | Number on Register. | Number of | M/c. line No. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers Prosecuted. | ||||
| (i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 1 | 83 | 118 | 10 | 1 | |
| (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 2 | 146 | 191 | 31 | 2 | |
| (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (*excluding outworkers' premises) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 229 | 309 | 41 | — | ||
2.—Cases in which DEFECTS were Found. (If defects are discovered at the premises on 2, 3 or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as 2, 3 or more cases).
| Particulars. | M/c. line No. | No. of cases in which defects were found. | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted. | M/c. line No. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied-. | Referred | |||||
| To H.M.. Inspector. | By H.M. Inspector. | ||||||
| Want of Cleanliness (S.l) | 4 | 15 | 15 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3') | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6.) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| (a) insufficient | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ |
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 10 | 26 | 26 | —_— | —_ | —_ | 10 |
| (c) not separate for sexes | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| Total | 60 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 2 | — | 60 |
* Electrical stations (Section 103/1), Institutions (section 104) and ana sites of
Building Operations and Works of Engineering Construction (Sections 107 and 108).
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