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 Walthamstow]
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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 | — |