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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS. The following five tables arc 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) . . | 63 | 9 | - |
| Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 743 | 143 | — |
| Workplaces Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 163 | 11 | — |
| Total | 969 | 163 | — |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | N umber of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to h.m. Inspectors. (4) | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 115 | 115 | Nil. | ||
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | |||
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | |||
| Other nuisances | 28 | 28 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient. . | 2 | 2 | ||
| Unsuitablecr defective | 3 | 3 | |||
| Not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | |||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 6 | 6 | |||
| Other offences ( Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 163 | 163 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 & 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.