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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 1910
[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) | 22 | 1 | Nil. |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 41 | 10 | |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 1 | — | |
| Total | 64 | 11 | — |
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 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | |||||
| Other nuisances | .. | .. | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | 2 | 2 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 2 | 2 | |||
| Not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | |||
| 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 | 14 | 14 | .. | .. | |