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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
Walthamstow 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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45
FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 8C 1948
The following tables show the work carried out under these
Acts:—
1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, ETC.
Including Inspections Made by Public Health Inspectors.
| Premises. | No. on Register | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers Prosecuted. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 58 | 103 | 17 | - |
| Factories not included above in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 468 | 363 | 13 | - |
| Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 11 | 24 | 1 | - |
| Totals | 537 | 490 | 31 | - |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Referred By H.M. Inspector | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 66 | 57 | — | 3 | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Unreasonable temperature | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Inadequate ventilation | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | — | |
| Ineffective drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Sanitary Conveniences | insufficient | 5 | 1 | — | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 93 | 98 | — | — | ||
| not separate for sexes | 3 | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences | 20 | - | — | — | ||
| Totals | 191 | 180 | — | 8 | — | |