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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
Shoreditch 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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26.
FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
The number of Factories on the Register at the end of 1952 was :-
Power Factories 1,121
Non-Power Factories 134
Total 1,255
During the year 132 factories were added to the Register and 85 deleted,
making a nett increase in the number of factories in the Borough of 47
The particulars of inspections made during the year are as follows :-
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | |
| Power Factories | 1,296 | 115 | – |
| Non-Power Factories | 141 | 13 | |
| Other premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises) | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,437 | 128 | |
The defects found and dealt with were as follows
| Particulars | Number of defects | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred | ||||
| To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | |||||
| Want of cleanliness (Section 1) | 13 | 4 | – | 5 | _ | |
| Overcrowding (Section 2) | ||||||
| Unreasonable temperature (Section 3) | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
| Inadequate Ventilation (Section 4) | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ineffectual drainage of floors (Section 6) | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Sanitary Conveniences: (l) Insufficient | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
| (2) Unsuitable or defective. | 309 | 342 | – | 24 | – | |
| (3) Not separate for sexes | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | ||
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 5 | 3 | _ | – | – | |
| Total. | 334 | 354 | — | 35 | – | |