Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Woman Inspector'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) | 12 | - | Nil. |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 48 | 4 | |
Workplaces (other than Outworker's premises included in Part 3 of this Report | 3 | 2 | |
Total | 63 | 6 | - |
2.—Defects Found.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | Nil | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 3 | 3 | |||
Want of ventilation | 0 | 0 | |||
Overcrowding | .. | .. | |||
Want of drainage floors | 1 | 1 | |||
Other nuisances | 1 | 1 | |||
†Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | .. | .. | ||
Unsuitable or defective | 3 | 3 | |||
Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | |||
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||||
Illegal occupation of underground Bakehouse (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 | 9 | 9 |