[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Southport County Borough.

  • Southport (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Southport County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FACTORIES Statistical information, prepared in the manner required by the Ministry of Labour and National Service is shown as follows :— Factories Act, 1937 (Part I). 1.—INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors). Premises (1) Number on Register (2) Number of Inspec¬ tions (3) Written notices (4) Owners prose¬ cuted (5) (i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities . 476 27 1 (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority... 772 89 4 (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority f (excluding out-workers’ premises) . 2 2 _ ■ Total . 1250 118 5 — t i.e. Electrical Stations [Section 103(1)], Institutions. (Section 104) and sites of Building Operations and Works of Engineering Construction (Sections 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 should be reckoned as two, three or more “ cases ”) Particulars (1) Number of cases in which defects were Number of cases in which prosec¬ utions were instituted (6) Found (2) Remi- edied (3) Refe To H.M. Inspector (4) rred By H.M. Inspector (5) Want of cleanliness (S.l.). 4 4 — 3 — Overcrowding (S.2.). — — — — — Unreasonable temperature (S.3.). — — — Inadequate ventilation (S.4.) . — — — — — Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6.)... — — — — Sanitary Conveniences (S.7.) {a) insufficient. (b) Unsuitable or defective. (c) Not separate for sexes . Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) . 3 3 2 — ■— — — — — — — — — 6 6 - ^ 4 Total . 13 13 9