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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

Tottenham 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 - 1959Inspections for purposes as to health made by Public Health Inspectors

FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 - 1959

Inspections for purposes as to health made by Public Health Inspectors

PremisesNo. on RegisterNUMBER OF
InspectionsWritten NoticesOccupier Prosecuted
(i) Factories in which sections 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6 are enforced by local authority5722__
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which section 7 is enforced by local authority6562278_
(iii) Other premises in which section 7 is enforced by local authority (excluding outworkers premises)1111
Total7242608-

Table: Summary of defects found in factories

Summary of defects found in factories

Number of cases in which defects were found
ParticularsFoundRemediedReferred to Factories InspectorReferred by Factories Inspector
Want of cleanliness (s.l)11-1
Overcrowding (s.2)----
Unreasonable temperature (s.3)----
Inadequate ventilation (s.4)----
Ineffective drainage of floors((s.6)----
Sanitary conveniences (s.7)
(a) Insufficient11--
(b) Unsuitable or defective2322-21
(c) Not separate for sexes----
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to outwork)
Total2524-22

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Outworkers
Regular visits were made by the public health inspectors to the homes of persons notified
to the department as outworkers in accordance with the provisions of sections 110 and 111 of the
Factories Act, 1937.
The following is a summary of the types of work undertaken by outworkers in the Borough:-