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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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54
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS.
The following five tables are those asked for by the Home Secretary:—
1. —Inspections made by Male and Female Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (including factory laundries and bakehouses) | 849 | 203 | — |
| Workshops (including workshop laundries and bakehouses) | 1387 | 228 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 188 | 32 | — |
| Total | 2424 | 463 | — |
2.—D efects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspectors. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 108 | 108 | Nil. | ||
| Want of ventilation | — | — | |||
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | |||
| Other nuisances | 133 | 133 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | 12 | 12 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 50 | 46 | |||
| Not separate for sexes | 17 | 17 | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 107 | 107 | |||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | 32 | 32 | |||
| Total | 463 | 459 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 & 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.