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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS. The following five tables are those asked for by the Home Secretary:— 1.—Inspections made by Male and Female Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (including factory laundries) | 509 | 96 | — |
| Workshops (including workshop laundries) Workplaces (other than Outworkers' | 1078 | 167 | — |
| premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 176 | 16 | — |
| Total | 1763 | 279 | — |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to h. m. Inspectors. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 87 | 84 | Nil | ||
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | |||
| Overcrowding | — | — | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 1 | |||
| Other nuisances | 28 | 25 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | 5 | 4 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 79 | 72 | |||
| Not separate for sexes | 3 | 2 | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | - | - | |||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 72 | 71 | |||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 279 | 261 | 2 | — | |
# Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 & 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health A.cts,