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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 1959

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

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SECTION 5
Factories
The provisions of the Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948 are administered by
H.M. Inspector of Factories of the Ministry of Labour and National Service, in
conjunction with the local sanitary authority. Close co-operation is maintained
between the two, and defaults found in the course of visits to factories are
notified between one and the other according to the body responsible for remedial
measures.

Table: Particulars of factory and other inspections carried out by the Council's Inspectors for Factories during 1959 are given in the following table:-

Particulars of factory and other inspections carried out by the Council's Inspectors for Factories during 1959 are given in the following table:-

Number of visits - Factories (with mechanical power)2,106
Factories (without mechanical power)1,563
Bakehouses224
Restaurants999
Outworkers' premises1,678
Rag Flock Act6
Scabies and vermin cases203
Smoke observations835
Water sampling44
Public Health Annexe201
Other visits40
Hairdressers146
Smoke control area619
Overcrowding survey514
Re Section 122 Public Health (London) Act204
Total9,022

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Intimation Notices served relating to
Statues under which served
Factories
Act, 1937
Public Health
(London)
Act, 1936
Pood and
Drugs
Act, 1955
Factories (with mechanical power) 78 2
Factories (without mechanical power) 14 3
Bakehouses 8 8
Restaurants and canteens 56
Totals 92 5 64
Statutory notices served 6 3
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