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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 1896

Forty-first annual report of the Medical Officer of Health on the vital and sanitary condition of the Borough of Saint Pancras, London

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Table: Table 10.Sanitary Work Accomplished From December 30th,1895,to January 2nd,1897,inclusive.

Table 10.

Sanitary Work Accomplished From December 30th,1895,to January 2nd,1897,inclusive.

No. of Complaints received2634
No. of Dust Complaints received502
No. of Houses, Premises, &c., Inspected82723
No. of Re-inspections after Order or Notice20222
Cautionary Notices issued for Sanitary Amendments2661
Statutory Notices of intention to proceed served691
Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses64
Houses, Premises, &c., cleansed, white-washed, and repaired524
Rooms and contents Disinfected after Infectious Disease1301
Water Supply, for domestic purposes provided29
,, „ Cisterns cleansed, repaired, and covered56
,, ,, Overflow pipes connected with drains, &c., abolished1
„ ,, New Cisterns provided—
„ ,, Draw-off Taps provided on Supply Pipes41
,, ,, re-instated after being cut off77
,, „ Water-closets repaired, cleansed761
,, „ basins supplied with water194
,, ,, ventilated112
,, ,, new provided190
House Drains tested1785
,, „ repaired298
,, ,, trapped379
,, ,, ventilated541
,, ,, disconnected from sewer408
,, ,, re-constructed132
„ „ new provided553
,, ,, cesspools abolished4
Yard Paving repaired194
,, „ new provided63
Dust-bins repaired, covered69
,, ,, new provided209
Manure-bins provided98
Removal of over-crowding66
,, ,, refuse, dung, stagnant water173
,, ,, animals improperly kept16
Underground rooms discontinued as dwellings18
Smoke Nuisances suppressed2
Number of Premises.Inspected.
Dwelling Houses registered under the 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891148Yearly
Registered Common Lodging Houses81,,
Licensed Slaughter-houses26Fortnightly
,, Cowsheds20,,
Bake-houses on Register198Half-yearly
Laundries ,, ,,92,,
Other Workshops ,,717,,
Markets and Market Streets on List38Daily
Mews and Stable Yards „170Fortnightly