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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 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: FACTORIES ACT, 1961 Details of work carried out during the year 19641.INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including Inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).

FACTORIES ACT, 1961 Details of work carried out during the year 1964

1.INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including Inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).

PremisesNumber on RegisterNumber of
InspectionsW ritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted
(i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities2921--
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority168187--
(iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers premises)----
T otal197208--

Table: 2. Cases in which DEFECTS were found. (If the ddfects are discovered at the premises on 2, 3 or 4 more separate occasions, they should 'be reckoned as 2, 3 or more cases.)

2. Cases in which DEFECTS were found. (If the ddfects are discovered at the premises on 2, 3 or 4 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)44—1—
Overcrowding (S.2)———-—
Unreasonable temperature (S.3)11—-—
Inadequate Ventilation (S.4)-----
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6)-----
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7)
(a) Insufficient11—-—
(b) Unsuitable or defective33---
(c) Not separate for sexes———-—
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork)-----
Total99-1—