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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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SECTION 5.
Factories and Bakehouses. Particulars of inspections and other work carried out by the two Factory Inspectors during 1948 are given in the following table—
| Number of visits to— | ||||
| Factories (with mechanical power) | 2,270 | |||
| Factories (without mechanical power) | 869 | |||
| Workplaces | 308 | |||
| Bakehouses | 440 | |||
| Restaurants | 1,129 | |||
| Power laundries | 17 | |||
| Laundry receiving offices | 79 | |||
| Outworkers' premises | 307 | |||
| Scabies and vermin cases | 3 | |||
| Food control enquiries | 23 | |||
| Water sampling | 19 | |||
| Police Court | 4 | |||
| Other visits | 205 | |||
| Total | 5,673 | |||
| Intimation Notices served relating to | Statutes under which served. | |||
| Factories Act, 1937. | Public Health (London) Act, 1936. | Food and Drugs Act, 1938. | ||
| Factories (with mechanical power) | 125 | 93 | 8 | |
| Factories (without mechanical power) | 31 | 22 | 1 | |
| Workplaces | 19 | 26 | 1 | |
| Bakehouses | 1 | 1 | 53 | |
| Restaurants and Canteens | 2 | 8 | 118 | |
| Outworkers | — | — | 1 | |
| Totals | 178 | 150 | 182 | |
Statutory notices served :—
74 were served under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
8 were served under the Factories Act, 1937.
14 were served under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938.