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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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During 1956 no less than 836 people were on the register, employed in the
following trades:-
Wearing apparel 540
Household linen 21
Lace, lace curtains and nets 2
Curtains and furniture hangings 12
Furniture and upholstery 10
Fur pulling 27
Artificial flowers 40
The making of boxes or other receptacles or
parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper 32
Brush making 4
Feather sorting 31
Carding of buttons 7
Toy making 21
Basket making 15
Cosaques, Christmas crackers, Christmas stockings, etc. 45
Lampshades 29
The number employed in the Borough during each year since 1950 was as
follows:-
Year Number
1950 664
1951 573
1952 723
1953 766
1954 760
1955 811
The following table shows the number of visits paid in 1956 and each year for the previous six years and a resume of the action taken.
| Year | Visits | DEFAULTS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Failure to supply list | ø Premises in an unwholesome condition | ||
| 1950 | 1,750 | 4 | 10 |
| 1951 | 1,601 | 12 | 11 |
| 1952 | 2,008 | 12 | 45 |
| 1953 | 2,136 | 13 | 20 |
| 1954 | 1,766 | 15 | 12 |
| 1955 | 1,618 | 12 | 17 |
| 1956 | 1,762 | 9 | 7 |
* In these cases the lists were forthcoming after a letter from the Department.
ø 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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