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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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8.—Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H. M. Inspectors of Factories:— | |||||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 20 | ||||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (S. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 7 | |||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 7 | ||||
| Other | .. | ||||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | |||||
| In use during 1903: 136 (Certificates refused in 1904 = 8) | 136 | ||||
| Certificates granted | In 1903 | .. | |||
| In 1904=93 and in 1905 (1st qr.)=25 | 118 | ||||
| In use at the end of 1904: 128 (Certificates refused in 1905 (1st qr.), 10 | 128 | ||||
| Homework:— | Number of | ||||
| Lists of Outworkers (S. 107):— | Lists. | Outworkers. | |||
| Lists received | 47 | 290 | |||
| Addresses of outworkers | Forwarded to other Authorities | 152 | |||
| Received from other Authorities | 362 | ||||
| Wearing Apparel. | Other. | ||||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108) | .. | .. | |||
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises | 3 | .. | |||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | .. | .. | |||
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1904:— | |||||
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Workshop Laundries | 86 | |||
| Other Workshops | 388 | ||||
| Domestic Workshops | 46 | ||||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 520 | ||||