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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
Carshalton 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions (Amendment) Act, 1933.
No applications were received during the year.
Factories and Workplaces.
The following premises were on the register at the end of the
year:—
No. Employees.
Factories with mechanical power 52 781
Factories without mechanical power 53 147
Out-workers premises 76 78
Factories Act, 1937.
The following table sets out the inspections made and the action
taken under the Factories Act:—
1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health. (Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.)
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories with mechanical power | 61 | 11 | - |
| Factories without mechanical power | 85 | 7 | — |
| *Other premises under the Act (including works of buildings and engineering, but not including outworkers' premises) | - | - | - |
| Total | 146 | 18 | — |
* Electrical Stations should be reckoned as factories.
2. Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of Cleanliness | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | - | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | - | — | |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | — | — | - | — | |
| Other Nuisances | 2 | 2 | - | — | |
| insufficient | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sanitary | Unsuitable or | ||||
| Accom | Defective | 13 | 13 | - | — |
| modation | not Separate for | ||||
| sexes | — | — | - | — | |
| Offences under the Factory and | |||||
| Workshop Acts:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground | |||||
| bakehouse (s.101) | — | - | - | - | |
| Other Offences | — | — | - | — | |
| Total | 18 | 18 | — | — | |