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Shoreditch 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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30.
FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
The number of Faotories on the Register at the end of 1953 was :-
Power Factories 1,152
Non-Power Factories 143
Total ... ... 1,295
During the year 127 factories were added to the Register and 87 deleted,
making a nett increase in the number of factories in the Borough of 40.
The particulars of inspections made during the year are as follows
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | |
| Power Factories | 963 | 65 | |
| Non-Power Factories | 135 | 10 | |
| Other Premises under the Act (inoluding works of building and engineering construction but not including outworker's promises) ... ... | |||
| Total | 1,098 | 75 | |
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 l) | 15 | 17 | 6 | ||
| Overcrowding (Section 2) | |||||
| Unreasonable temperature (Section 3) | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| Inadequate Ventilation (Section 4) | 3 | 3 | - | — | |
| Ineffectual drainage of floors (Section 6) | - | - | |||
| Sanitary Conveniences: | |||||
| (l) Insufficient | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| (2) Unsuitable or defective. | 62 | 55 | 30 | - | |
| (3) Not separate for sexes. | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 8 | 3 | |||
| Total | 95 | 91 | 39 | - | |