[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashington U.D.C.

  • Ashington (Northumberland, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashington U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 and 1948. There are 111 Factories and Workshops in the district. The following tables give details of the inspections made and the defects found during the year under review. The “other premises” included in Section (3) of Table 1 are two building sites and a railway building site on which sanitary accommodation had to be provided. There are no outworkers in the district. 1. INSPECTIONS Premises Number on Register Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Prosecuted (i) Factories in which Sections 1. 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Author- ities 37 48 (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enfor- ced by the Local Authority 71 84 (hi) Other premises in which Sec- tion 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers’ premises) 3 7 Total 111 139 — — 2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND. No. of cases in which defects were found No. of cases ] Particulars Found Remedied Referred To H.M. 1 By H.M. Inspector Inspector in which prosecutions were instituted Want of cleanliness 10 10 — — — Overcrowding — — — — Unreasonable temperature — — — — Inadequate ventilation — — — Ineffective drainage of floors Sanitary Conveniences : ~ (a) Insufficient 1 1 — — — (b) Unsuitable or defective 8 9 - — (c) Not separate for sexes — — — — Other offences against the Act ... 1 1 — 1 — Total 20 21 — 1 - 1