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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Woman Inspector's Work ONLY.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES, AND
HOMEWORK.
1.—I nspection.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 49 | - | Nil. |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 186 | 5 | |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in part 3 of this Report) | 1 | — | |
| Total | 236 | 5 | — |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts: — | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 3 | 3 | Nil | ||
| Want of ventilation | .. | .. | |||
| Overcrowding | .. | .. | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | .. | .. | |||
| Other nuisances | .. | .. | |||
| †Sanitary ac-commodation | Insufficient Unsuitable or defective Not separate for sexes | .. | .. | ||
| 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||
| .. | .. | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | .. | .. | |||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | .. | ||||
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork dealt with in Part 3) | .. | .. | |||
| Total | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | |