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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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The number of factories,worksoplaces added to and removed from the register during 1923 was asfollows:-
| - | Added to Register. | Removed from Register. | On Register at end of 1923. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakehouses— | |||
| Workshop | — | 9 | 120 |
| Factory | 4 | 1 | 42 |
| Laundries— | |||
| Workshop | — | 2 | 30 |
| Factory | — | — | 12 |
| Restaurant kitchens | 4 | 1 | 403 |
| Other workshops where women are employed | 27 | 15 | 439 |
| Other workshops | 36 | 36 | 815 |
| Other factories | 36 | 17 | 724 |
The number of inspections that were made during 1923 were as follows: —
| Factory and Workshop Inspector. | Woman Sanitary Inspector. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspec- 1 tions. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | |
| Bakehouses. | 319 | 267 | - | - | 319 | 267 |
| Restaurant kitchens | 32 | 49 | - | - | 32 | 49 |
| Laundries .- | 3 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 |
| Domestic workshops Other workshops | 292 | 1340 | - | - | 292 | 1340 |
| Other workplaces | 53 | 139 | l | 54 | 139 | |
| Other factories | 141 | 505 | - | - | 141 | 505 |
| Total . . | 840 | 2302 | l | — | 841 | 2302 |
Bakehouses and restaurant kitchens are also referred to in Section V. (page 74).
SCHOOLS.
The medical inspection and treatment of children in Elementary Schools in St. Pancrau
is carried out by the London County Council independently of the Borough Council. The
County Medical Officer has kindly furnished me with particulars of medical inspections of
school children in St. P.merus during 1923. They are classified in tho following Tables:—