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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 1897
Annual report from the chairman of the health committee on the business of the department
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IV.—SANITATION.
| Parliamentary Sub-Divisions. | Inspections. | Ee-inapections. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspector Osborne | E. 1, 2, 3 | 3567 | 1491 | 5058 |
| „ Fulton | W. 3, 4, 5 | 2994 | 2642 | 5636 |
| „ Winton | S. 1, 2, 3 | 3021 | 1632 | 4653 |
| „ Hartnoll | N. 3, 4, 5 | 2485 | 2347 | |
| „ Grice | S. 4, 5 | 2204 | 1797 | 4001 |
| „ Auger | E. 4, 5 | 2035 | 4317 | |
| „ Kershaw | W. 1. 2 | 2264 | 1919 | 4183 |
| ,, Bush | N. 1, 2 | 2587 | 1930 | 4517 |
| „ Barth | Workshops | 1747 | 2085 | 3832 |
| Miss Thurgood (resigned) | Ditto | 1473 | 154 | 1627 |
| „ Vines | Ditto | 521 | 170 | 691 |
| .. .. | 24,898 | 18,449 | 43,347 |
Inspectors.—Miss Thurgood, the Woman Sanitary Inspector appointed at the end
of 1895, resigned in June, 1897, and Miss Vines was appointed in August, 1897,
in her place. Mr. Bush, Sanitary Inspector, resigned in December, 1897, and
Mr. Rackham was appointed in January, 1898, in his place.
As a means of estimating the manner in which the houses in various parts of
St. Pancras are occupied, and the comparative amount of inspection they require,
application was made to Dr. Tatham, the Superintendent of Statistics, at the
General Register Office, Somerset House, who kindly supplied the number of
tenements and their occupants in each of the Registration Sub-Districts, as set out
in the following table, from which have been calculated the percentage in each case
as set out in the further table :—