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St Pancras 1885

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table VII.-PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Return shewing the Sanitary Work accomplished during the past 10 years.

1876187718781879188018811882188318841885
No. of Complaints received during the year181521661717183014112965513506649538
No. of Houses, &c., Inspected20003000364130463485668742591021892118471
No. of Houses, &c, Re-inspected••••••••••••••••13264
Results of inspection,Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments134719001346130488824692600484045574075
Houses, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, or Whitewashed937130576872460315525784254171632
Houses Disinfected after Infectious Disease293247423271270872296341690678
House DrainsRenewed, Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c.7947094974863437573833953311322
Ventilated••••••••••••••••••••
Cesspools abolished••••••12943770
Privies and w.c.'sRepaired Cleansed &c.432610234465422506154250250729
Supplied with Water2883551603162071138147416071560863
New provided••••••••••••••••••14
Dust-bins—New provided654842222572105256221100
Do. Repaired, Covered, &c.77171131116101254281237289447
Water Supply.Cisterns—New erected181591192211233110
Do. Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered24819614116895235123254260485
Miscellaneous.Removal of Dung, Stagnant Water, Refuse, &c.9710258624511424354591
Animals Removed, being improperly kept19172417116251916
Licensed Cow-sheds Inspected65666651575649504948
Licensed Slaughter-houses Inspected3i595951504550403838
Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses5910••72763816072107
Cases of Overcrowding••109351413203775202143
Smoke Nuisance••••••5162324611
Paving Defects••••••••••••29165191
Bake-houses inspected••196196225225••••••211214