London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Southgate 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 TO 1959

Details of work carried out during the year 1960 1. INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including Inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).

PremisesNumber on RegisterNumber of
InspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted.
(i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities3549
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority17522111
(iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers' premises)
Total21027011

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.)

ParticularsFoundNo. of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
RemediedReferred
To H.M. InspectorBy H.M. Inspector
Want of Cleanliness (S.l)1717
Overcrowding (S.2)
Unreasonable temperature (S.3)
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6)
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) (a) Insufficient333
(b) Unsuitable or defective33322
(c) Not separate for sexes222
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork)
Total55547