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St Pancras 1936

[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 1936, 257 notifications of outworkers were received from 19 local
authorities outside St. Pancras.
In the second half of 1936, 581 notifications were received from 20 local authorities
outside St. Pancras.
From St. Pancras employers in the first half of 1936, 278 notifications were received,
of which 72 addresses were in St. Pancras. The remainder were forwarded to the appropriate
local authorities.
In the second half of 1936, 249 notifications were received, of which 70 addresses were
in St. Pancras. The remainder were forwarded to the appropriate local authorities.

The following table gives tbe number and type of outworkers' premises in the Horough and the principal industries concerned :—

Nature of Work.Nature of Premises.Total.
Factories.Workshops.Workplaces.
Wearing apparel59163156378
Bootmaking6565
Embroidery23335
Miscellaneous15253
Totals60165306531

4.—List of Factories, Workshops ( Registered, Sec. 131) and Workplaces.

Nature of Work.Factories.Workshops.Workplaces (including Outworkers).Total.
Bakehouses6979148
Cabinet makers6162_123
Coach builders2114_35
Dressmakers1238718228
Engineers21936-255
Foundries14_14
Furniture makers1519_34
Furriers812121
Laundries123_15
Metal workers3735_72
Milliners613221
Organ builders73-10
Pianoforte manufacturers419151
Printing837-90
Restaurant kitchens286286
Tailors51233114398
Upholsterers1442157
Wood carvers910_19
Other occupations6184774171512
Totals . .140811418403389