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St Pancras 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspectors. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 111 | 102 | ||
| Want of ventilation | 5 | 4 | ||
| Overcrowding | l | 1 | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | ||
| Other nuisances | 76 | 70 | ||
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 15 | 11 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 56 | 48 | ||
| Not separate for sexes | 17 | 17 | Nil. | Nil. |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | — | — | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 97 | 96 | ||
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork, which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | 47 | 47 | ||
| Totals | 425 | 396 | — | — |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 & 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.
3.—Home Work.
In certain industries specified in the Act, if work is given out by Employers or
Contractors to be done by workers at home, lists containing the names and addresses of such
workers must be forwarded to the Local Authority. The object of this is to prevent work
being done in premises which are insanitary, or in which infectious disease is present.
The following lists were received during the year:—16 in respect of the making, etc.,
of wearing apparel, comprising the names of 63 outworkers (contractors) and 67 outworkers
(workmen), 1 in respect of upholstering, containing the names of 3 outworkers (workmen),
1 in respect of the making of cardboard boxes, comprising the names of 12 outworkers
(workmen) and 1 in respect of the making or filling of Christmas crackers, etc., comprising the
names of 12 outworkers (workmen).
The following table gives the number and type of outworkers' premises in the Borough and the principal industries concerned :—
| Nature of Work. | Nature of Premises. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories. | Workshops. | Workplaces. | ||
| Wearing apparel | 9 | 151 | 212 | 372 |
| Card boxes | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| Artificial flowers | _ | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | |
| Totals | 11 | 153 | 227 | 391 |