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St Pancras 1934

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

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addresses of such workers must be forwarded to the Local Authority. The object of this is
to prevent work being carried out in premises which are insanitary, or in which infectious
disease is present.
In the first half of 1934, 656 notifications of outworkers were received from 13 local
authorities outside St. Pancras.
In the second half of 1934, 725 notifications were received from 16 local authorities
outside St. Pancras.
From St. Pancras employers in the first half of 1934, 187 notifications were received,
of which 65 addresses were in St. Paucras. The remainder were forwarded to the appropriate
local authorises.
In the second half of 1934, 204 notifications were received, of which 56 addresses were
in St. Pancrus. The remainder were forwarded to the appropriate local authorities.

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 apparel41282195518
Bootmaking2103105
Embroidery32538
Miscellaneous163744
Totals44291370705

4.—L ist of F actories, W orkshops ( Registered, Sec. 131)anoWorkplaces.

Nature of Work.Factories.Workshops.Workplaces (including Outworkers).Total.
Bakehouses6781-148
Cabinet makers5966-125
Coach builders201535
Dressmakers8911917225
Engineers21337250
Foundries14-14
Furniture makers1319-32
Furriers813223
Laundries9514
Metal workers3538-73
Milliners115218
Organ builders7310
Pianoforte manufacturers4012153
Printing71980
Restaurant kitchens292292
Tailors33223144400
Upholsterers838248
Wood carvers81725
Other occupations5484923961436
Totals124312028563301