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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Women's Work ONLY.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES, AND
HOMEWORK.
1.—Inspection.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 79 | 2 | Nil. | ||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 221 | 11 | |||
| Workplaces Other than Outworkers'premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | ____ | _ | |||
| Total | 400 | 13 | — | ||
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||||
| Nil. | |||||||
| Want of cleanliness | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Overcrowding | 2 | ||||||
| Want of drainage of floors | .. | .. | |||||
| Other nuisances (accumulation of refuse yard) | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | .. | |||||
| Unsuitable or defective | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (S. 101) | |||||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | |||||||
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | |||||||
| Total | 15 | 15 | .. | .. | |||
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7, and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.
For districts not in London state here whether section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment
Act, 1890. has been adopted by the District Council; and if so. what standard of sufficiency
and suitability of sanitary accommodation for persons employed in factories and workshops has
been enforced.