[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, York City.

  • York (England). City Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, York City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 and 1959 PART I OF THE ACT 1-—INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health. Number on Number of Premises (1) Register (2) Inspections (3) Written notices (4) (i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authori¬ ties 105 18 (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority 288 102 1 (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (exclu¬ ding out-workers’ premises) 15 8 Total 408 128 1 2—CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND—18. Part VIII of the Act—Outwork—(Sections 110 and 111):—There were 8 out¬ workers in August, 1960, making wearing apparel—11 carding buttons. There were no defaulters or cases needing prosecution. Particulars (1) M/c line No. (2) Defects Found (3) Defects Remedied (4) Referred by H.M. Inspector (5) Want of cleanliness (S.l). 4 3 2 Overcrowding (S.2) . 5 — — — Unreasonable temperature (S.3). 6 — — — Inadequate ventilation (S.4) . 7 — — — Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) 8 — — — Sanitary conveniences (S.7) (a) Insufficient . 9 — — — (b) Unsuitable or defective. 10 15 14 6 (c) Not separate for sexes 11 — — — Other offences against the Act (not inclu¬ ding offences relating to outwork 12 — — — Total 60 18 16 6 CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND (if defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they are reckoned as two, three or more ‘cases’).