[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Belper U.D.C.

  • Belper (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Belper U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OUTWORK Wearing apparel (Making, etc.).... Lace and Nets No. of outworkers in August list. No. of cases of Default in sending lists to Council. 36 3 Notices Served. Prosecutions OUTWORKERS. The number of outworkers in the district was 39. This is a decrease on the number (43) engaged on this class of work during 1955. Nature of Work No. of Premises No. of Outworkers Hosiery 32 32 Lace and nets 3 3 Clothing 4 4 39 39 Twenty-four visits were made to premises where outwork is carried on. RAG, FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 19.51. One registration has been made under the above Act. . One inspection was made during the year. SMOKE ABATEMENT. Generally speaking, the emission of smoke from industrial premises has not been such as to cause nuisance. Smoke Obser- vations were taken when any particular chimney seemed to be emitting rather more smoke than normal and these were followed up by visits to the plant concerned. In one instance, an informal notice was served, where the emission of an excessive quantity of black smoke had been observed. The Chairman of the Health Committee and myself attended, as the Council’s delegates, several meetings of the East Midlands Division of the National Smoke Abatement Society.