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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
Sutton and Cheam 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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the enactments relating to housing and the exercise of certain
powers relating to land and rent control.
During the period September to December 1954, eight
applications for certificates of disrepair were received, seven
were granted and one withdrawn.
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES AND OTHER PREMISES
Factories Act 1937-1948
| Type of Premises | Number on Register | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inspections | Notices, written and/ or oral | ||
| (1) Factories without mechanical power | 76 | 13 | |
| (2) Factories with mechanical power | 328 | 351 | 31 |
| (3) Other premises (excluding outworkers premises) | 78 | 61 | 11 |
| Totals | 466 | 488 | 55 |
| Particulars | Number of cases in which defects were found Referred | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | TO H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | |
| Want of cleanliness | 7 | 5 | - | - |
| Overcrowding | - | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable temperature | - | - | - | - |
| Inadequate Ventilation | - | - | - | - |
| Ineffective drainage of floor | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Sanitary Conveniences - | ||||
| (a) Insufficient | - | - | ||
| (b) Unsuitable or defective | 9 | - | - | |
| (c) Not separate for the sexes | - | - | - | - |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork) | 35 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 48 | 1 | 1 | |
WORKPLACES - Public Health Act, 1936
Inspections Number of Written Occupiers
and Verbal Notices prosecuted
61 ... 11
SMOKE ABATEMENT
The grit deposit gauges have been maintained in the North end of
the Borough
14
No Instances of black smoke from the few industrial chlmnles have
been observed.