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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
Hillingdon 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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64 accidents were investigated at premises registered under the Offices, Shops and Railway
Premises Act during the course of the year, none of which was fatal. Table 2 sets out the type of
premises where the accidents occurred and the causes of the accidents.
The accident due to an
explosion occurred in an office when for photographic purposes an attempt was being made to
create with chemicals the fog conditions so prevalent in the London Area before the advent of
smoke control.
The accident due to an explosion occurred in an office when for photographic purposes an attempt was being made to create with chemicals the fog conditions so prevalent in the London Area before the advent of smoke control.
| Type of premises | No. Reported | Action Recommended | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal | Non-Fatal | Prosecution | Formal Warning | Informal Advice | ||||||||
| Offices | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Retail Shops | 19 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Wholesale Warehouses | 12 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||
| Catering Establishments | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 1 | 63 | |||||||||
| Machinery | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Transport | 1 | |||||||||||
| Falls | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Stepping or striking against object or person | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Handling | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||
| Struck by falling object | 1 | |||||||||||
| Fires & explosions | 1 | |||||||||||
| Hand tools | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Not otherwise classified | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Total | 18 | 21 | 12 | 15 | ||||||||