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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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75
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS.
The following five tables are those asked for by the Home Secretary:—
1. —Inspections made by Male and Female Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (including factory laundries) | 43 | 12 | - |
| Workshops (including workshop laundries) Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' | 192 | 100 | — |
| premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 220 | 30 | — |
| Total | 455 | 142 | - |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspectors. (4) | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 85 | 85 | |||
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | |||
| Overcrowding | — | — | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | |||
| Other nuisances | 4 | 4 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | 6 | 6 | ||
| Unsuitable or def ect ive | 8 | 8 | |||
| Not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | Nil. | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | - | - | |||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 29 | 29 | |||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total | 142 | 142 | — | — | |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 & 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.