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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 1957

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

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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
1955811
1956836

Table: The following table show the number of visits paid in 1957 and each year for the previous seven years, and a resume of the action taken

The following table show the number of visits paid in 1957 and each year for the previous seven years, and a resume of the action taken

YearVisitsDEFAULTS
* Failure to supply listø Premises in an unwholesome condition
19501,750410
19511,6011211
19522,0081245
19532,1361320
19541,7661512
19551,6181217
19561,76297
1957 J1,5281013

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* 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.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951
This Act requires
(a) the registration of premises where specified filling materials are used,
and
(b) the annual licensing of premises where rag flock is manufactured or stored.
Twenty-nine premises were on the Council's register at the end of the year,
and one licence was renewed in respect of storage for the year 1958.
During 1957 the Council s Public Health Inspectors paid 18 visits to these
premises and took 9 samples, as follows all of which were subjected to the tests
prescribed by the Regulations and found to be satisfactory:-
Woollen mixture felt 2
Grey/black Algerian fibre 1
New curled hair 1
Rag flock 1
Curlifil 1
Cotton felt 2
Recleansed hair 1
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