[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Lancashire County Council.

  • Lancashire (England). County Council.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Lancashire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The local reports indicate that interviews with managers and boiler attendants have taken place in several districts and the local health officers have co-operated with the managements m a number of instances in the abatement of excessive emission of smoke. In one area a sub-committee of the Council interviewed a manufacturer regarding the grit emitted from a factory chimney and a marked improvement was effected. Other measures taken include the distribution of cards “ Hints to Stokers,” stokers meeting highering of chimneys, provision of new boilers, installation of grit catchers with daily weights o catch recorded, patent smoke preventor installed, etc. Premises and Occupations which can be controlled by Byelaws or Regulations. Oitensin i Trades.—Offensive trades have been established in about 72 districts, the premises numbering 624. These are chiefly tripe boilers, gut scrapers, tanners or leather dressers, fat melters and oil works, soap boilers, etc. In about 37 districts byelaws are in operation for the control oi these trades. At Barrowford a tripe boiling works has been scheduled for clearance m a Clearance Area and the Order has been confirmed by the Ministry of Health. Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928.—Reference is made to premises used for rag flocks at Chorley (B), Colne (B), Lancaster (B), Ormskirk, Oswaldtwistle, Stretford (B), Thornton Cleveleys and Ulverston. In some instances inspections were made by the local health officials. At Stietioid (B) two samples were taken ; both proved unsatisfactory and contained 75 and 40 parts soluble chlorine in 100,000 parts of flock. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.—The table below is a summary of the action taken in the County districts during the year 1934 and shows the number of inspections made and the defects found.* The number of workshops and workplaces on the local registers is approxi¬ mately 8,104 and their condition, on the whole, is stated to be satisfactory. FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS and WORKPLACES. 1 —INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances. -L—-J-L_-_1_-■ ■ , ......--- ----- ' Number of Premises. Inspections. Written Notices. Occupiers prosecuted. Factories (Including Factory Laundries) 3292 159 ••• Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) 7353 234 • # * Workplaces (Other than Outworkers’ premises) 1887 63 ... Total . 12532 456 2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. -- Number of Defects. Number of offences in Particulars. Found. Remedied. Referred to H.M. Inspector. respect to which prosecu¬ tions were instituted. Nuisances under the Public Health Acts : * 386 388 27 Want of cleanliness Want of ventilation 27 Overcrowding 16 201 16 201 ... Want of drainage of floors . Other nuisances 3 (insufficient 47 38 Jd Sanitary accommodation 1 unsuitable or defective. 171 167 (not separate for sexes ... Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts :— 9 10 Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) Other Offences . .. (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921.) Total 59 59 2 916 906 7 * Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remedmble under the Public Health Acts.