[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunmow R.D.C.
- Great Dunmow (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1967
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunmow R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![OFFICES, SHOPS A1TD RAILWAY PREMISES Greatly improved progress was made in the inspection of premises falling within the purview of the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963* Of the total of 180 premises originally registered it was found on inspection that 70 were not in fact registerable leaving a total of 110 premises to which the Act applied® ~]6 premises received an initial inspection during the year making a total of 99 which have been fully inspected® Thus 90$ of registered premises have no1.; been inspected® 31 premises were found on original inspection to comply with the requirements of the Act a,nd as a result of informal action this had been improved so that by the end of the year 67 premises complied® 1+2 follow up inspections were made to secure this improvement® The majority of contraventions were of a minor nature such as no abstract of the Act exhibited, no thermometer and lack of first aid kits® Two accidents were reported. One concerned an employee who was struck by a rolling electric cable drum® The second involved a bacon slicing machine, where an employee attempted to remove a piece of bone from a side of bacon whilst it was still on the machine; his coat caught on the handle of the ma.chine and turned the blade, removing the tip of his finger® l'To negligence was found on the part of the employers. Set out on the following page is a table giving statistics of premises registered under the Act. - 1+6 -](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29266191_0050.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
