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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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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
1956 836
1957 844
The following table shows the number of visits paid in 1958 and each year for the previous eight 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 |
| 1957 | 1,528 | 10 | 13 |
| 1958 | 1,736 | 7 | 11 |
*In these cases the lists were forthcoming after a letter from the Department.
øIn 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 PILLING 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 1959.
During 1958 the Council's Public Health Inspectors paid 18 visits to these
premises and took 6 samples, as follows, all of which were subjected to the tests
prescribed by the Regulations and found to be satisfactory:-
Woollen mixture felt 1
Cotton felt 1
Recleansed hair 2
Hair and fibre mixture 1
New curled fibre 1
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