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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
Harrow 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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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 | 56 | 29 | 3 | _ |
| (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 404 | 269 | 9 | _ |
| (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-work-ers’ premises) | 46 | 39 | 2 | |
| Total | 506 | 337 | 14 | — |
2. Cases in which DEFECTS were found
(If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases")
| Particulars | Number of cases in which defects were found | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Refe To H.M. Inspector | rred By H.M. Inspector | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| Want of cleanliness (S.l) | 22 | 18 | — | — | — |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) | |||||
| 3 | 3 | _ | — | — | |
| 8 | 6 | — | — | — | |
| (c) Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 7 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Total | 40 | 30 | — | — | — |