[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover Borough.

  • Andover (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Factories Part I of the Factories Act, 1961 deals with Health (General Provisions), the principal matters being cleanliness, overcrowding, temperature, ventilation lighting, drainage of floors and sanitary conveniences. The enforcement of these provisions of the Act is a matter for the Borough Council and its Public Health Officers only in factories where no mechanical power is used (very few these days), except for the provision relating to sanitary convenient (Section 7) which is enforceable by the Council in both ’’power11 and ”non-power factories* The provision of washing facilities, oddly enough, is a matter for enforcement by H. M. Inspector of Factories in all factories. In the majority of factories, therefore,the Public Health Inspectors only concern under the provisions of the Factories Act, 1961, is sanitary accommodate and the Factory Inspector deals with all other matters. This situation has become even more ludicrous since the operation of the Offices, Shops & Railway Premises Act, 1963, which makes the Factory Inspector the responsible officer for all pants of that Act in offices at factories, including the provisions relating to sanitary accommodation. In a ’’power factory, therefore, the Public Health Inspector will inspect the sanitary conveniences (but not the washing facilities or anything else) provided for the factory workers, but will have to decline to look at those provided for the office staff. The Factory Inspector will inspect these.1 Amending legislation to transfer all functions under the Factories Act, 1961, to the Factory Inspector is surely long overdue. Little work was done under the Act during 1965. Such visits as were made to factory premises were more usually concerned with canteens and boiler or furnace plant in connection with duties under the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, I960 and the Glean Air Act, 1956, respectively. The prescribed particulars on the administration of the Factories Act, 19 are shown in the following tables-