London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| FactoriesIncluding Factory Laundries) | 2 | — | – |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 1 | 3 | – |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | — | — | — |
| Total | 13 | 3 | — |
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 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | — | — | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | — | — | — | — | |
| not separate for sexe3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| 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 | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.