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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Particulars of inspections and other work carried out by the Factory
Inspectors during 1954 are given in the following table -
Number of visits -
Factories (with mechanical power) 3,708
Factories (without mechanical power) 1,787
Bakehouses 276
Restaurants 1,167
Outworkers' premises 1,766
Rag Flock Act 31
Scabies and vermin cases 132
Smoke observations 21
Water sampling 31
Public Health Annexe 172
Other visits 12
Attendances at Police Court 1
Total 9,104
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) 249 42 6
Factories (without mechanical power) 39 10 -
Bakehouses - - 17
Restaurants and canteens - 1 133
Totals 288 53 156
Statutory notices served 25 10 3
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