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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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guide as to the desirable standards, particularly as to what will be considered
overcrowding. This question of adequate accommodation for
the staffs employed is probably the one which requires the most urgent
attention.
Factories, Workplaces and Outworkers
The premises coming within the provisions of the Factories Act included on the registers are as follows:—
| Employees | Premises | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | ||
| Factories — | 95 | |||
| with mechanical power | 1005 | 552 | 1557 | |
| without mechanical power | 31 | 18 | 49 | 16 |
| Workplaces — | ||||
| with mechanical power | 31 | 2 | 33 | 28 |
| without mechanical power | 20 | 18 | 38 | 27 |
| 1087 | 590 | 1677 | 166 | |
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.
1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors).
| Number on Register (2) | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections (3) | Written Notices (4) | Occupiers Prosecuted (5) | ||
| (i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 16 | 49 | - | - |
| (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 95 | 247 | 14 | - |
| (iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority* (excluding outworkers' premises) | 13 | 50 | - | - |
| Total | 124 | 346 | 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".)
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