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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 1915
[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 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) | Prosecution!. (4) | |
| Factories (including factory laundries) | 588 | 113 | - |
| Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 1885 | 297 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 533 | 87 | — |
| Total | 3006 | 497 | — |
2.—D efects F ound.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspectors. (4) | |||
| Nil. | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 84 | 84 | |||
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | |||
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | 4 | 4 | |||
| Other nuisances | 109 | 106 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | 18 | 16 | ||
| U nsuitable cr d efective | 203 | 190 | |||
| Not separate for sexes | 10 | 10 | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | - | - | |||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 7 3 | 73 | |||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | 10 | 10 | |||
| Total | 513 | 495 | — | — | |
| * Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 & 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | |||||