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 Carshalton]
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1. I
Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
(i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 17 | 80 | — | — |
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 92 | 295 | 14 | — |
(iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority* (excluding outworkers' premises) | 6 | 8 | — | — |
Total | 115 | 383 | 14 | — |
* Electrical Station (Section 103 (1)), Institutions (Section 104) and sites of Building
Operations and Works of Engineering Construction (Section 107 and 108).
2. Cases in which defects were found—
(If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they are reckoned as two, three or more "cases").
Premises | Number of cases in which defects were found | Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector | ||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
Want of cleanliness | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | — |
Unreasonable temperature | — | — | — | — | — |
Inadequate ventilation | — | — | — | — | — |
Defective drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | — |
Sanitary Conveniences— | |||||
(a) Insufficient | — | 1 | — | — | — |
(b) Unsuitable or defective | 13 | 9 | — | — | — |
(c) Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | — |
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 14 | 12 | — | — | — |