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Environmental Health
Contraventions and Offences
A total of 1,601 contraventions of the Act were noted during 1968 and 1,806 were remedied
during the same period.
It was necessary to take legal action in the case of a persistent offender in respect of four contraventions
and a daily fine of £1 0s. Od. for each of the contraventions, totalling £440 0s. Od. was imposed.
Exemptions
One application for exemption from the provision of a supply of running hot water in an office
was received. No objection was received from the staff but the application was refused.
Accidents
Any accident incapacitating a person from work for more than 3 days is notifiable and all
accidents notified to the department have been investigated. There has been a considerable increase
in the number of notified accidents as compared with 1967.
Advice has been given as to the best method to prevent any recurrence of the accident but it is
noticeable that some premises have a much higher accident rate than would be expected from the
statistical average. The introduction of mechanical handling into the types of premises required to
be registered under this Act has exposed a lack of safety consciousness. Posters currently available
through ROSPA were perused, but few, if any, designed for, or suitable for use in, this type of premises
were available.
Statistical analyses of the reported accidents are set out in the tables below.