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3.1 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
One of the routine responsibilities of the Environmental Health Service relatec
to the Health and working conditions at more than sixteen hundred shops, five
hundred offices, one hundred warehouses, catering facilities, etc., and nearly seven
hundred and fifty factories in the Borough. Appalling conditions are rarely found,
nevertheless routine surveillance is necessary as standards fall quickly. During
1971 five hundred and fifty notices were served for infringements under the Offices,
Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 and the Shop's Acts and twenty notices in
respect of factories.
Special attention has been given to safety standards for lifts and hoists. Some
Managements did not appear to treat this part of the legislation seriously and at the
end of the year it seemed that legal action will be necessary in respect of the conditio
of some lifts and hoists in public houses.
3.2 OFFICES, SHOPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES ACT, 1963
243 premises were registered in accordance with the Act, making the total
number 1,484.

Preliminary notices were served relating to non-compliance with the Act in
respect of the following:-
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