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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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The number of factories, workshops and workplaces aided to and remove:! from the register during 191
| Added to register. | Removed from register. | |
|---|---|---|
| Bake' houses— | ||
| Workshop | 0 | 1 |
| Factory | 0 | 0 |
| Laundries— | ||
| Workshop | 3 | 43 |
| Factory | 1 | 0 |
| Restaurant kitchens | 76 | 3 |
| Other workshops and workplaces | 58 | 182 |
| Other factories | 44 | 20 |
The number of inspections that were made during 1917 were as follows:—
| Factory and Workshop Inspector. | Woman Sanitary Inspector. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | |
| Bakehouses | 348 | 304 | — | — | 348 | 304 |
| Restaurant kitchens | 65 | 35 | — | — | 65 | 35 |
| Laundries | 67 | 17 | — | — | 17 | |
| Domestic workshops | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other work shops | 335 | 166 | _ | — | 335 | 166 |
| Other workplaces | 31 | 43 | — | — | 33 | 43 |
| Other factories | 172 | 178 | 5 | 1 | 177 | 179 |
| Total | 1020 | 743 | 5 | 1 | 1025 | 744 |
Bakehouses.—At the end of the year there were 175 bakehouses on the
register including 36 factory bakehouses. 128 of these were underground
bakehouses, of which 52 were unoccupied.
Restaurant Kitchens.—At the end of 1917, 388 restaurant kitchens were en
the register.