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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
Wembley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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2. DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| Nuisances under Public Health Acts: | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 21 (19) | (a)23 (15) | - (-) | - (-) | |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 (8) | (b) 5 (3) | - (1) | - (-) | |
| Overcrowding | - (-) | - (-) | -(-) | - (-) | |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 6 (-) | 4 (-) | - (-) | - (-) | |
| Other Nuisances | 4 (-) | 4 (-) | - (-) | - (-) | |
| Sanitary accommodation, | 1 nsufficient Unsuitable or | 5 (4) | 5 (4) | - (-) | - (-) |
| defective not separate for | 127 (8) | (c)127 (6) | - (-) | - (-) | |
| sexes | 3 (-) | 3 (-) | - (-) | - (-) | |
| Offences under Factory & Workshop Acts: | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s.101) | 1 (-) | 1 (-) | - (-) | - (-) | |
| Other offences | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories & Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order 1921). | |||||
| TOTAL | 168 (39) | 172 (28) | - (1) | - (-) | |
(a) 4 defects remedied in 1937 brought forward from previous year.
(b) 4 defects remedied in 1937 brought forward from previous year.
(c) 2 defects remedied in 1937 brought forward from previous year.
SMOKE ABATEMENT.
During 1937, 126 half-hourly observations on smoke
emission were made and 1102 casual observations. In addition
188 visits were paid to boiler plants or furnaces. The corresponding
figures for 1936 were 162 half-hourly observations,
575 casual observations and 71 inspections of boiler plants or
furnaces. No statutory notices were served, and it was not
necessary to take legal proceedings in any case. It is found
by experience that greater improvements are achieved and more
smoke nuisances abated by personal visits and consultations on
the premises than by the service of notices. The factory
owners and managers are, as a rule, only too anxious to avoid
complaints and are willing to meet suggestions made by the
technical staff.
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