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 East Ham]
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TABLE 12.
FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 AND 1948.
PART I OF THE ACT
1. - INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors)
Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||||
(i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 78 | 91 | 8 | - | ||
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 333 | 286 | 22 | - | ||
(iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers' premises) | 11 | 4 | 1 | - | ||
Total | 422 | 381 | 31 | - | ||
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 | Referred | ||||
To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | |||||
Want of cleanliness (S.1) | 10 | 9 | - | 1 | - | |
Overcrowding (S.2) | - | - | - | - | - | |
Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | |
Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | ||
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) (a) insufficient | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - | |
21 | 14 | - | 3 | - | ||
(c) Not separate for sexes | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | |
Other offences against the Act (not Including offences relating to Outwork) | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | - | |
Total | 60 | 42 | 6 | 9 | - | |
PART VIII OF THE ACT OUTWORK (Sections 110 and 111) | ||||||
Nature of Work | Section 110 | Section 111 | ||||
No. of out-workers in August list required by Sect. 110(1) (c) | No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council | No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists | No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises | Notices served | Prosecutions | |
Artificial flowers | 1 | - | - | - | - | — |
Shopping bags | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kites | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Christmas crackers, cosaques, Christmas stockings, etc. | 44 | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 52 | - | - | - | - | - |