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Carshalton 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Ten samples were submitted for bacteriological examination. Two of
these taken on the same day in July indicated that the purification plant was
on that day being overloaded. The operation of the plant was suitably
adjusted and the schedule of testing times modified to cover more adequately
the expected periods of maximum user in the summer. Further
bacteriological tests taken subsequently were entirely satisfactory.
Offices
Twenty inspections of offices were made, but no action was called for.
Factories, Workplaces and Outworkers

Table: The following table gives a summary of the registers :—

The following table gives a summary of the registers :—

EmployeesPremises
MalesFemalesTotal
Factories— with mechanical power7705471,31793
without „ „30174717
Workplaces—with mechanical power343430
without „ „22224424
8565861,442164

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The following tables, set out in the manner prescribed by the Home
Office Form 572 (revised), indicates the inspections made and action taken
under the Factories Act.

Table: 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors).

1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors).

PremisesNumber onNumber of
Inspec-WrittenOccupiers
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
(i) Factories in which Sections 1,2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities1768_
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority933184_
(iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority* (excluding outworkers' premises)693——
Total......1164794—

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* Electrical Station (Section 103 (1)), Institutions (Section 104) and sites of Building
Operations and Works of Engineering Construction (Section 107 and 108).
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