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St Pancras 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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addresses of such workers must be forwarded to the Local Authority. The object of this is
to prevent work being carried out in premises which are insanitary, or in which infectious
disease is present.
In the first half of 1937, 656 notifications of outworkers were received from 16 local
authorities outside St. Pancras.
In the second half of 1937, 552 notifications were received from 11 local authorities
outside St. Pancras.
From St. Pancras employers in the first half of 1937, 146 notifications were received,
of which 54 addresses were in St. Pancras. The remainder were forwarded to the appropriate
local authorities.
In the second half of 1937, 149 notifications were received, of which 50 addresses were
in St. Pancras. The remainder were forwarded to the appropriate local authorities.

The following table gives the number and type of outworkers' premises in the Borough and the principal industries concerned:—

Nature of Work.Nature of Premises.Total.
Factories.Workshops.Workplaces.
Wearing apparel94169159422
Bootmaking4—6266
Embroidery233641
Miscellaneous3—6972
Totals103172326601

4.—List of Factories, Workshops ( Registered,Sec. 131)and Workplaces.

Nature of Work,Factories.Workshops.Workplaces (including Outworkers).Total.
Bakehouses8268-150
Cabinet makers5560—115
Coach builders1815—33
Dressmakers1299228249
Engineers22136—257
Foundries14——14
Furniture makers1420—34
Furriers813122
Laundries1214659
Metal workers4133—74
Milliners45-9
Organ builders83-11
Pianoforte manufacturers418150
Printing836—89
Restaurant kitchens—-304304
Tailors54223126403
Upholsterers1635152
Wood carvers910—19
Other occupations6124824151509
Totals142111109223453