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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 1922

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

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3.—Home Work.
The only matter to report under this heading is the receipt of the following lists of outworkers
for employers sending twice in the year :—18 in respect of the making, &c., of wearing
apparel, comprising the names of 61 outworkers (contractors) and 71 outworkers (workmen).

Table: 4.—Registered Workshops.

4.—Registered Workshops.

Workshops on the Register (sec. 131) at the end of the year. (1)Number. (2)
.Bakehouses129
Restaurant kitchens400
Laundries32
Domestic workshops—
Other workshops where women are employed427
Other workshops815
Total number of workshops on Register1,803

Table: 5.-—Other Matters.

5.-—Other Matters.

Class. (1)Number. (2)
Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories :—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133)Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and WorkshopAct (s. 5)—
Notified by H.M. Inspector30
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector30
In regard to workshops where protected persons have been found to be employed (Public Health (London) Act, 1891, section 27)10
Underground bakehouses (s. 101):—
Certificates granted during the year—
In use at the end of the year87

Table: The number of factories, workshops and workplaces added to and removed from the register during 1922 was as follows

The number of factories, workshops and workplaces added to and removed from the register during 1922 was as follows

Added to Register.Removal from Register.On Register at end of 1922.
Bakehouses—
Workshop—5129
Factory——39
Laundries-
Workshop1—32
Factory——12
Restaurant kitchens212400
Other workshops where women are employed3419427
Other workshops4422815
Other factories2416705

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