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Carshalton 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Seven inspections under existing powers were made during the year,
but no action was found necessary.
Factories, Workplaces and Outworkers

The premises in the district coming within the scope of the Factories Act and included on the registers of such buildings were as fo.lows:—

Employees
MalesFemalesTotalPremises
Factories—
with mechanical power10036031606100
without mechanical power381399
Workplaces—
with mechanical power1331613
without mechanical power24143827
10786211699149

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 of
PremisesNumber on RegisterInspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
(i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities9354-
(ii) Factories not included in (1) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority1002144-
(iii) Other premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' premises)1127
Total1202768

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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