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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 1951
[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 Factory Inspectors during
1951 are given in the following table:—
Number of visits to—
Factories (with mechanical power)
2,928
Factories (without mechanical power)
737
Workplaces
560
Bakehouses
446
Restaurants
1,244
Power laundries
18
Laundry receiving offices
165
Outworkers' premises
1,601
Rag Flock Act
59
Geriatric
313
Scabies and vermin cases
181
Food control enquiries
18
Water sampling
55
Public Health Annexe
147
Other visits
140
Total
8,612
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) 143 44 —
Factories (without mechanical power) 45 26 —
Workplaces 11 6 —
Bakehouses — 1 38
Restaurants and Canteens — 4 121
Outworkers 3 — —
Totals 202 81 159
Statutory notices served• 18 16 6