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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 1956
[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 1956 are given in the following table:-
| Number of visits:- | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Factories (with mechanical power) | 2,706 | ||
| Factories (without mechanical power) | 1,159 | ||
| Bakehouses | 236 | ||
| Restaurants | 1,017 | ||
| Outworkers' premises | 1,762 | ||
| Rag Flock Act | 20 | ||
| Scabies and vermin cases | 126 | ||
| Smoke observations | 259 | ||
| Water sampling | 27 | ||
| Public Health Annexe | 174 | ||
| Other visits | 55 | ||
| Total | 7,541 | ||
| Intimation Notices served relating to | Statutes under which served | ||
| Factories Act, 1937 | >ublic Health (London) Act, 1936 | Food and Drugs Act, 1938 | |
| Factories (with mechanical power) | 191 | 30 | - |
| Factories (withont mechanical power) | 12 | - | - |
| Bakehouses | _ | - | 40 |
| Restaurants and canteens | - | - | 118 |
| Totals | 203 | 30 | 158 |
| Statutory notices served | 23 | 3 | 6 |