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St Pancras 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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SECTION 5.
Factories and Bakehouses.
Factories.
Inspections are carried out by one male and one female inspector, the arrangement being
that the latter is responsible for inspection of factories, restaurants, etc., in which women only
are employed. Both inspectors visit buildings where men and women are employed.
Particulars of inspections and other work carried out by these officers during 1946 are given in the following table:—
| Mr. Hoare | Miss Blaxland | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of visits to— Factories (with mechanical power) | 2,064 | 621 | 2,685 |
| Factories (without mechanical power) | 402 | 333 | 735 |
| Workplaces | 224 | 281 | 505 |
| Outworkers' premises | — | 22 | 22 |
| Restaurant kitchens ... | 349 | 246 | 595 |
| Scabies and verminous cases | — | 1,169 | 1,169 |
| Other visits | 344 | 299 | 643 |
| Special survey | 36 | 36 | |
| Totals | 3,419 | 2,971 | 6,390 |
| Notices served relating to— Factories (with mechanical power) | 180 | 76 | 256 |
| Factories (without mechanical power) | 36 | 40 | 76 |
| Workplaces | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| Rent Restrictions Acts | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Others | 24 | 37 | 61 |
| Totals | 257 | 163 | 420 |
Bakehouses.
There are now 58 bakehouses registered in the Borough, of which some 35 are underground.
During the past year six bakehouses were closed down for business reasons, and the
tendency appears to be for the large bakery combines to buy the smaller type of bakehouse in
order to use the shop for the retail side of the business, supplying it directly from factory bakehouses
situated outside the borough.
The Factories Act requires the examination every five years of all basement bakehouses
in respect of which a certificate of suitability has been issued, in order to ensure the continuance
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