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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras]
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3.— Home Work.
The only matter to report under this heading is the receipt of the following
lists of outworkers for employers sending twice in the year:—18 in respect of
the making, etc., of wearing aopnrel, comprising the name of 29 out-workers
(contractors) and 94 outworkers (workmen), and 1 in respect of brushmaking,
containing the name of 1 outworker (contractor).
4.—Registered Workshops.
| Workshops on the Register (See. 131) at the end of the year. | Numbers. |
|---|---|
| (1) | (2) |
| Bakehouses | 139 |
| Restaurant kitchens | 385 |
| Laundries | 35 |
| Domestic workshops | — |
| Other workshops where women are employed | 321 |
| Other workshops | 741 |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1621 |
5.—Other Matters.
| Class (1) | Number (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| — | ||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 10 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 10 | |
| Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5) | ||
| Other | — | |
| Underground bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | — | |
| In use at the end of the year | 76 | |
In 1914 Mr. West was appointed as factory and workshop inspector and
commenced a routine inspection of all factories, workshops and workp'aces in
the borough, in the course of which he undertook the preparation of a new cardindex
register of these places. This work was completed towards the end of 1917,
and in the following table are set out certain particulars in regard to these premises,
classified in trades. The difference between the figures for workshops and
those set out in table 4 is due to the fact that the latter includes a certain
number of workshops where no labour was employed at the time of visit.