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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Factories and Workshops, and 15,468 by the Women Sanitary Inspectors and Health
"Visitors.
The inspections made by each individual Inspector and "Visitor are shown in Table 10,
on page 99.
The work of the various classes of Inspectors and Visitors is set out in Tables 7, 8 and
9, on pages 95 to 98.
The inspections dealt with above are exclusive of the visits made by the Council's
staff at the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres (see page 21), and by the staff of the
Tuberculosis Dispensaries (see page 46); nor do they include the work of the disinfecting
staff (see page 56).
| District Inspectors. | Factory and Workshop Inspector. | Food Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In respect of Nuisances | 4591 | — | 1 | — | 4592 |
| In respect of the Tenement House By-laws | 632 | — | — | — | 632 |
| In respect of Breaches of Statutes in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces | 1 | 433 | — | — | 434 |
| In respect of other Breaches of Statutes and By-laws | 1371 | 1 | 3 | 1375 | |
| Totals | 6595 | 434 | 4 | — | 7033 |
These intimations are classified in Tables 11, 12, 13 and 14, on pages 100 and
101.
1,381 Statutory notices (comprising 2,072 items) were served during 1923 and the
early part of 1924, following non-compliance with these intimation notices. These are also
classified in Tables 11, 12, 13 and 14, on pages 100 and 101.
The following prosecutions were undertaken during the year in respect of general
sanitary work:—