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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The number of factories, workshops and workplaces added to and removed from the register during 1920 was as follows: —
| Added to register. | Removed from register. | On Register at end of 1920. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakehouses— | |||
| Workshop | 3 | 1 | 136 |
| Factory | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| Laundries— | |||
| Workshop | 0 | 3 | 32 |
| Factory | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Restaurant kitchens | 2 | 4 | 420 |
| Other workshops where women are employed | 49 | 8 | 408 |
| Other workshops | 37 | 72 | 767 |
| Other factories | 31 | 12 | 687 |
The number of inspections that were made during 1920 were as follows:—
| Factory and Workshop Inspector. | Woman Sanitary Inspector. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Ee-in-spections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | |
| Bakehouses | 378 | 256 | — | — | 378 | 256 |
| Restaurant kitchens | 48 | 64 | 28 | l | 76 | 65 |
| Laundries | 17 | 8 | — | — | 17 | 3 |
| Domestic workshops | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other workshops | 344 | 554 | — | — | 344 | 554 |
| Other workplaces | 24 | 23 | — | — | 24 | 23 |
| Other factories | 232 | 447 | — | — | 232 | 447 |
| Total | 1043 | 1352 | 28 | 1 | 1071 | 1353 |
Bakehouses and restaurant kitchens are also referred to in Section V. (page 72).