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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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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS.
The following live tables are those asked for by the Home Secretary:—
1.—Inspkctions made by Male and Female Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (including factory laundries and bakehouses) | 901 | 147 | - |
| Workshops (including workshop laundries and bakehouses) | 1968 | 247 | - |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 274 | 40 | - |
| Total | 3143 | 434 | - |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspectors. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (1) | (5) |
| Want of cleanliness | 126 | 126 | ||
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | ||
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | ||
| Other nuisances | 80 | 80 | ||
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 11 | 11 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 62 | 62 | ||
| Not separate for sexes | 13 | 13 | Nil. | Nil. |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | ||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 89 | 89 | ||
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report; | 51 | 61 | ||
| Total | 434 | 434 | - | — |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 & 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.