[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Grimsby County Borough.

  • Great Grimsby (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Grimsby County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 13—Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948. Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health in respect of the Aear 1948 for the County Borough and Port of Grimsby in the County of Lincoln Prescribed particulars on the administration of the Factories Act, 1937. PART I OF THE ACT. 1—INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.) Premises Number on Register Number of Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted (i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities (h) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority .... .... (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority f (ex- cluding out-workers' premises) 517 619 78 — 322 393 14 i 3 13 5 TOTAL 842 1,025 97 — 2—CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND. (If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more “cases ”). Particulars Number of cases in which defects were found Number of cases in which pro- Found Remedied Refe To H.M. Inspector rred By H.M. Inspector secutions were instituted Want of cleanliness (S.l) 132 77 — 2 — ; Overcrowding (S.2) — — — — — Unreasonable temperature (S.3) 1 1 — — — Inadequate ventilation (S.4) 6 10 — — — Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) 28 27 — — — . Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) [a) insufficient .... 17 11 — 2 — ; (b) Unsuitable or defective 37 29 — 5 — . (ic) Not separate for sexes .... 3 2 — 1 — Other offences against the Act (not in- cluding offences relating to Outwork) 61 62 — — — TOTAL 285 219 — 10 — t i.e. Electrical Stations [Section 103(1)], Institutions. (Section 104) and sites of Building Operations & Works of Engineering Construction (Section 107 & 108).
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