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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 1955

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

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Table: During 1955 no less than 811 people were on the register, employed in the following trades-

During 1955 no less than 811 people were on the register, employed in the following trades-

Wearing apparel530
Household linen15
Lace, lace curtains and nets4
Curtains and furniture hangings11
Furniture and upholstery12
Fur pulling17
Artificial flowers39
The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper31
Brush making3
Feather sorting35
Carding of buttons5
Toy making27
Basket making10
Cosaques, Christmas crackers, Christmas stockings, etc.41
Lampshades31

Table: The number employed in the Borough during each year since 1950 was as follows -

The number employed in the Borough during each year since 1950 was as follows -

YearNumber
1950664
1951573
1952723
1953766
1954760

Table: The following table shows the number of visits paid in 1955 and each year for the previous five years and a resume of the action taken

The following table shows the number of visits paid in 1955 and each year for the previous five years and a resume of the action taken

YearVisitsDEFAULTS
*Failure to supply listPremises in an unwholesome condition
19501,750410
19511,6011211
19522,0081245
19532.1361320
19541,7661512
19551.6181217

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* In these cases the lists were forthcoming after a letter from the Department,
4 In each case the factory concerned was notified that the sending of work to
the premises must cease, and the outworker was told by letter that this action
was being taken owing to the unwholesome conditions under which he or she was
working
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