[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough].

  • St. Pancras (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1964]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION 5 Factories The provisions of the Factories Act, 1961 are administered by H.M. Inspector of Factories of the Ministry of Labour and National Service, in conjunction with the local sanitary authority. Close co-operation is maintained between the two, and defaults found in the course of visits to factories are notified between one and the other according to the body responsible for remedial measures. Particulars of factory and other inspections carried out by the Council'S Inspectors for Factories during 1963 are given in the following table:- Number of visits - Factories (with mechanical power) 3, 369 Factories (without mechanical power) 253 Workplaces 248 Bakehouses 424 Restaurants 1,380 Rag Flock Act 15 Smoke observations 360 Water sampling 54 Other visits 154 Total 6,257* *Visits to Outworkers' premises are included under District Public Health Inspectors. Statutes under which served Factories Act, 1961 Public Health (London) Act. 1936 Food and Drugs Act, 1955 Intimation Notices served relating to¬ Factories (with mechanical power) 141 3 - Factories (without mechanical power) 20 3 - Workplaces - 12 - Bakehouses - - 14 Restaurants and canteens - - 107 Totals 161 18 121 Statutory notices served nil nil nil 41