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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
Hackney 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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PRESCRIBED PARTICULARS REQUIRED BY
SECTION 128 (3), FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
P art I.
1
| Premises. | Number on Register | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. I | 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 | 195 | 54 | — | |
| (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 1,458 | 559 | 38 | — |
| (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' premises) | — | — | — | — |
| TOTAL | 1,653 | 613 | 40 | — |
2 .—Cases in which
| Particulars. | 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 (S. 1) | 8 | 8 | — | 7 | — |
| Overcrowding (S. 2) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | 4 | — | 4 | — | |
| (6) Unsuitable or defective | 38 | 38 | — | 45 | — |
| (c) Not separate for sexes | 8 | 8 | — | 12 | — |
| Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) | 29 | 29 | — | 10 | — |
| TOTAL | 93 | 93 | — | 78 | — |