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St Pancras 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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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.Number ofProsecutions.
Inspections.Written Notices.(4)
(1)(2)(3)
Factories (including factory laundries and bakehouses)1,002166
Workshops (including workshop laundries and bakehouses)1,522230
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report )70490
Total3,228486

2.—Defects Found.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspectors.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts*—
Want of cleanliness106106NilNil
Want of ventilation
Overcrowding—.
Want of drainage of floors
Other nuisances103103
Sanitary accommodation—-
Insufficient88
Unsuitable or defective7676
Not separate for sexes1818
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act—
Illegal occupation of underground bake
houses (s. 101)
Breach of special sanitary requirements112112
for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100)
Other offences (excluding offences re6363
lating to outwork which are included
in Part 3 of this Report)
Total486486