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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table no. 14
| Factories, Workshops and Work Places—Breaches of Statutes. | Intimations. | Statutory Notices. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Want of cleanliness | 168 | 29 |
| 2 | Want of ventilation | 3 | — |
| 3 | Want of air space, overcrowding | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Sanitary accommodation, absent or insufficient | 13 | 2 |
| 5 | ”” unsuitable or defective | 89 | 21 |
| 6 | ”” not separate for sexes | 28 | 1 |
| 7 | Want of drainage of floors | — | — |
| 8 | Other nuisances | 118 | 19 |
| 9 | Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse... | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 99 | — |
| 11 | Failure as regards list of outworkers | — | — |
| 12 | Giving out work to be done in premises which are unwholesome | — | — |
| 13 | ” ” ” infected | — | — |
| 14 | Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small-pox | — | — |
| 15 | Other contraventions | 89 | 11 |
| Total | 610 | 86 | |