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 Feltham]
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APPENDIX B
Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1938, for the Urban District of Feltham, in the County of Middlesex, on the administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and the Factories Act, 1937 (which superseded the Act of 1901 on 1st July, 1938).
Premises | Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Factories with mechanical power | 47 | 2 | Nil | |
Factories without mechanical power | 18 | 1 | Nil | |
Other premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers premises) | 27 | 1 | Nil | |
Total | 92 | 4 | Nil | |
2. Defects found. | ||||
Particulars | Defects found | Defects remedied | referred to H.M. Inspector | No. of defects in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted |
Want of cleanliness | 2 | 2 | Nil | Nil |
Overcrowding | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Unreasonable temperature | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Inadequate ventilation | 1 | 1 | Nil | Nil |
Ineffective drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | Nil | Nil |
Sanitary Conveniences:— | ||||
Insufficient | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Unsuitable or defective | 1 | 1 | Nil | Nil |
Not separate for sexes | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Other Offences (Not including offences relating to Home Work or offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers Order, 1921, and reenacted in the Third Schedule to the Factories Act, 1937) | Nil r | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Total | 5 | 5 | Nil | Nil |