[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Luton R.D.C.

  • Luton (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Luton R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH for the year 1938, for the Rural District of Luton, in the County of Beds. on the administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and the Factories Act, 1937 (which superseded the Act of 1901 on 1st July, 1938). 1.—INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health. Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors. Number of Premises. Written Occupiers Inspections Notices. prosecuted. (1) (2) (3) (4) Factories with mechanical power 35 1 Factories without mechanical power 181 4 JOther Premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers’ premises) 4-Electrical Stations should rr- . 11 be reckoned as factories. * Olfti ... ... 216 5 2.—DEFECTS FOUND. Number of Defects. Number of defects in Particulars. Found. Remedied Referred i to H M. Inspector. respect of which Prose¬ cutions were instituted. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Want of cleanliness (S. 1) 25 25 1 Overcrowding (S. 2) ... Unreasonable temperature (S. 3) Inadequate ventilation (S. 4) ... 3 3 Ineffective drainage of floors (S. 6) 4 4 /insufficient ... Sanitary Conveniences Lnsuitab]e or defective 'not separate for sexes... Other offences (Not including offences relating to Home Work or offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921, and re-enacted in the Third Schedule to the Factories Act, 1937). Total ... 32 32 There is no outwork in unwholesome premises.
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