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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 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Report of Work carried out by the Factory and WorkshopInspectors during the year 1934.

Report of Work carried out by the Factory and Workshop

Inspectors during the year 1934.

Inspections and Re-Inspections.Thompson.Bibby.Totals.
Factories (including factory laundries and bakehouses)20725482620
Workshops (including workshop laundries and bakehouses)12954501745
Workplaces (including restaurant kitchens)6426651307
Outworkers' premises-18611861
Other Visits2134136
Totals401136587669
Notices served relating to:—
Factories18012192
Workshops6436100
Workplaces501565
Others———
Totals29463357

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The following prosecutions were undertaken during the year in respect of general
sanitary work and breaches of the Statute :—
Summonses.

Table: Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891(except in respect of Food).

Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891(except in respect of Food).

Situation of Property.Offence.Date of Hearing of Summons.Result of Proceedings.
Brownlow MewsConveying offensive trade refuse, viz., fish offal, across the carriageway without using a suitable receptacle properly constructed so as to prevent the escape of the contents thereof1934 Jan. 16thDismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act.
Brownlow MewsAiding, abetting and procuring the above16thDo. do. Costs £15s.
52, Lulot StreetFront guttering defective; lower sink foul and defective ; upper and lower sink waste pipes untrapped ; yard water closet walla damp and dilapidated ; upper water closet partially choked (continuously stopping up owing to furred trap)Feb. 5thOrder 14 days. Costs £2 2s.
12, Seymour StreetOccupying for sleeping purposes an underground roomFeb. 15thFine£1.
124, Cleveland StreetOccupying for sleeping purposes underground roomsJuly 19thRooms vacated. Summons withdrawn.
41, Cobourg StreetDirty ceilings of ground floor front and back rooms and dirty walls of yard, washhouse and water closet apartment. Staircase sink waste pipe defectiveJuly 26thCosts £22s. Summons withdrawn. Work carried out.
37, Islip StreetDrain defectiveSept. 6thCosts £2 2s. Summons withdrawn Work completed.