Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Prescribed Particulars on the Administration of the
Factories Act, 1961
PART I OF THE ACT
1. INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).
Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
(i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 83 | 19 | - | Nil |
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 563 | 251 | 9 | Nil |
(iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' premises) | 76 | 77 | 2 | Nil |
Total | 722 | 417 | 11 | Nil |
2. Cases in which DEFECTS were found.
Particulars | Number of cases in which defects were found | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
Want of cleanliness (S.l) | — | — | — | — | — |
Overcrowding (S.2) | — | — | — | — | — |
Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | — | — | — | — | — |
Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | — | — | — | — | — |
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | — | — | — | — | — |
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) | — | — | — | 5 | — |
(a) Insufficient | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
(b) Unsuitable or defective | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
(c) Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | —. | — |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 11 | 11 | — | 5 | — |