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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
Kingston upon Thames 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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85
FACTORIES ACT. 1961
The following are the particulars required to be furnished to
the Department of Employment and Productivity concerning matters
dealt with by the Corporation under Parts I and VIII of the Factories
Act.
PART I OF THE ACT
1. INSPECTIONS
| No. on Register | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | ||
| Factories in which Sections 1,2,3,4,6 are enforced by the Corporation | 47 | 29 | - | - |
| Factories not included above in which Section 7 is enforced by the Corporation | 592 | 78 | 5 | - |
| Other premises excluding outworkers. | 83 | 1 | - | - |
2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND
| No. of cases in which defects found | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred | No. of Prosecutions | ||
| To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
| Sanitary Conveniences: Unsuitable or defective | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Not separate for sexes | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | - | |