Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table VI.
Report of the Sanitary Work carried out in the year 1884.
No. of Complaints received during the year. | No. of Houses, Premises, &c,, inspected. | Results of Inspection. | House Drains- | Privies and W.C.'s. | Dust Bins. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous. | ||||||||||||||||
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Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c. | Underground Dwellings, Prevention of occupation of. | Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious Character. | Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c. | New provided. | Repaired, &c. | Supplied with Water. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cisterns (new) erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired and Covered. | Cesspools abolished. | Removal of Accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse. | Animals Removed, being improperly kept. | Regularly Inspected. | Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses. | Cases of Over-crowding. | Smoke Nuisances. | Paving Defects. | ||||
Licensed Cowsheds. | Licensed Slaughter-houses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 649 | 9,241 | 4,557 | 417 | 384 | 690 | 310 | 21 | 250 | 1,560 | 221 | 289 | 31 | 260 | 7 | 45 | 19 | 49 | 38 | 72 | 202 | 1 | 191 |