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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Tabular Statement.— The following is a tabular statement of the work of the
Men Inspectors in the form desired by the factory Department of the Home
Office :—
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ST. PANCRAS, 1907.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.
1.— I nspection.
Excluding Inspections made by the Woman Sanitary Inspector, for which see Appendix to her Report.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 129 | 3 | Nil. |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 982 | 43 | |
| Workplaces (Restaurant Kitchens) | 318 | 77 | |
| Total | 1429 | 123 | .. |
2.—D efects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 80 | 80 | Nil. | ||
| Want of ventilation | .. | .. | |||
| Overcrowding | .. | .. | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | .. | .. | |||
| Other nuisances | 7 | 7 | |||
| †Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | 6 | 6 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 8 | 8 | |||
| Not separate for sexes | .. | .. | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (S. 101) | .. | .. | |||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 28 | 28 | |||
| Other offences | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 130 | 130 | .. | .. | |