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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 1949

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

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55
SECTION 5.
Factories and Bakehouses.

Table: Particulars of inspections and other work carried out by the Factory Inspectors during 1949 are given in the following table:—

Particulars of inspections and other work carried out by the Factory Inspectors during 1949 are given in the following table:—

Number of visits to—
Factories (with mechanical power)2,640
Factories (without mechanical power)611
Workplaces668
Bakehouses525
Restaurants973
Power laundries16
Laundry receiving offices155
Outworkers' premises1,595
Scabies and vermin cases287
Food control enquiries11
Water sampling75
Police Court3
Public Health Annexe126
Other visits520
Total8,205

Table:

Intimation Notices served relating toStatutes under which served.
Factories Act, 1937.Public Health (London) Act, 1936.Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
Factories (with mechanical power)11967—
Factories (without mechanical power)1029—
Workplaces187—
Bakehouses——51
Restaurants and Canteens—994
Outworkefs1——
Totals148112145
Statutory notices served113110