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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
East Ham 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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REGISTRATION OF NURSING HOMES
Under Sections 187 to 194 of the Public Health Act, 1936, there were no homes registered during
the years 1960 to 1961, and there were no homes on the register at the end of either year.
FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 and 1948
In accordance with the Factories Act, 1937 and at the request of the Minister of Labour and
National Service, the following information is included in this report.
TABLE 10 FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 AND 1948 YEARS 1960 & 1961
1.-INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors)
| Number on Register | Number of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||||||
| 1960 | 1961 | 1960 | 1961 | 1960 | 1961 | 1960 | 1961 | |
| (i) Factories in which sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 50 | 48 | 43 | 50 | 1 | — | — | — |
| (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 263 | 259 | 248 | 262 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers' premises) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 313 | 307 | 291 | 312 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
2.-CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND
If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they are considered 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 | |||||||||
| 1960 | 1961 | 1960 | 1961 | 1960 | 1961 | 1960 | 1961 | 1960 | 1961 | |
| Want of cleanliness (S. 1) | 4 | 20 | 3 | 15 | — | -— | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Overcrowding (S. 2) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S. 7) | ||||||||||
| (a) insufficient | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (b) unsuitable or defective | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (c) not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 8 | 25 | 5 | 18 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |