London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Number of visits-
Factories (with mechanical power) 2,511
Factories (without mechanical power) 196
Workplaces 296
Bakehouses 316
Restaurants 1,278
Rag Flock Act 24
Smoke observations 183
Water sampling 59
Other visits 169
Office Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 44
Total 5,076
•Visits to Outworkers' premises are included under District Public Health Inspectors.
| Intimation Notices served relating to | Statutes under which served | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Factories Act, 1961 | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | Food and Drugs Act, 1955 | |
| Factories (with mechanical power) | 76 | 7 | - |
| Factories (without mechanical power) | IS | 1 | . |
| Workplaces | - | 14 | - |
| Bakehouses | - | - | 18 |
| Restaurants and canteens | - | - | 72 |
| Totals | 91 | 22 | 90 |
| Statutory notices served | nil | 1 | nil |
The following particulars are furnished in accordance with section 153(1) of the
1961 Act, with respect to matters under parts I and VIII:-
1.
| Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupier Prosecuted | ||
| (1) Non-power factories, in which sections 1,2,3,4 and 6 are enforced by local authorities | 223 | 196 | 15 | Nil |
| (11) Power factories in which section 7 is enforced by the local authority | 1,267 | 2,807 | 76 | Nil |
| (111) Other premises in which section 7 is enforced by the local authority, excluding outworkers' premises | 18 | 20 | Nil | Nil |
| Totals | 1,508 | 3,023 | 91 | Nil |
NOTE: In addition to the premises on the Statutory register, as
shown in the above table, there are 386 classified as workplaces
which do not fall within the definition of a factory
as defined by the Act, but in which work involving manual
labour is carried on.
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