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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 2 | l | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 37 | l | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 26 | — | — |
| Total | 65 | 2 | — |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | — | — | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| , not separate for sexes | — | — | - | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.