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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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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS. The following five tables are those asked for by the Home Secretary:—
1.— Inspections made by Male and Female Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (including factory laundries and bakehouses) | 1155 | 265 | — |
| Workshops (including workshop laundries and bakehouses) | 1874 | — | |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 505 | 65 | — |
| Total | 3534 | 610 | — |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspectors. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nil. | Nil. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 168 | 168 | ||
| Want of ventilation | 3 | 3 | ||
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | ||
| Other nuisances | 118 | 118 | ||
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient. . | 13 | 13 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 89 | 89 | ||
| Not separate for sexes | 28 | 28 | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Breach of special sanitar y requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 99 | 99 | ||
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork, which are included in Part 3 of this Report; | 89 | 89 | ||
| Total | 610 | 610 | — | — |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 & 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.