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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 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 TO 1959Details of work carried out during the year 19611.INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including Inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).

FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 TO 1959

Details of work carried out during the year 1961

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 Authorities33552-
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority1743 2'511-
(iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers' premises)----
Total20738013-

Table: 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.)

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.)

ParticularsNo. of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
FoundRemediedReferred
To H.M. InspectorBy H.M. Inspector |
Want of Cleanliness (S.l)55———
Overcrowding (S.2)—.————
Unreasonable temperature (S.3)—————
Inadequate Ventilation (S.4)—————
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6)__———
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) (a) Insufficient331
(b) Unsuitable or defective1313—2—
(c) Not separate for sexes—————
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork)—————
Total2121—3_