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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 1952

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

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47
SECTION 5.
Factories and Bakehouses.

Table: Particulars of inspections and other work carried out by the Factory Inspectors during 1952 are given in the following table:—

Particulars of inspections and other work carried out by the Factory Inspectors during 1952 are given in the following table:—

Number of visits—
Factories (with mechanical power)3,652
Factories (without mechanical power)1,048
Workplaces744
Bakehouses349
Restaurants1,149
Power laundries11
Laundry receiving offices100
Outworkers' premises2,008
Rag Flock Act53
Geriatric190
Scabies and vermin cases151
Food control enquiries21
Water sampling37
Public Health Annexe146
Other visits41
Attendances at Police Court1
Total9,701

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Intimation Notices served relating to
Statutes under which served.
Factories
Act, 1937.
Public Health
(London)
Act, 1936.
Food and
Drugs
Act, 1938.
Factories (with mechanical power) 205 47 4
Factories (without mechanical power) 35 12 —
Workplaces 10 5 —
Bakehouses — — 41
Restaurants and Canteens — 2 136
Totals 250 66 181
Statutory notices served 32 24 10