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 VII.-PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Return shewing the Sanitary Work accomplished during the past 10 years.
1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | ||
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No. of Complaints received during the year | 1815 | 2166 | 1717 | 1830 | 1411 | 2965 | 513 | 506 | 649 | 538 | |
No. of Houses, &c., Inspected | 2000 | 3000 | 3641 | 3046 | 3485 | 6687 | 4259 | 10218 | 9211 | 8471 | |
No. of Houses, &c, Re-inspected | • | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 13264 | |
Results of inspection, | Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments | 1347 | 1900 | 1346 | 1304 | 888 | 2469 | 2600 | 4840 | 4557 | 4075 |
Houses, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, or Whitewashed | 937 | 1305 | 768 | 724 | 603 | 1552 | 578 | 425 | 417 | 1632 | |
Houses Disinfected after Infectious Disease | 293 | 247 | 423 | 271 | 270 | 872 | 296 | 341 | 690 | 678 | |
House Drains | Renewed, Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c. | 794 | 709 | 497 | 486 | 343 | 757 | 383 | 395 | 331 | 1322 |
Ventilated | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
Cesspools abolished | •• | •• | •• | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
Privies and w.c.'s | Repaired Cleansed &c. | 432 | 610 | 234 | 465 | 422 | 506 | 154 | 250 | 250 | 729 |
Supplied with Water | 288 | 355 | 160 | 316 | 207 | 1138 | 1474 | 1607 | 1560 | 863 | |
New provided | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 14 | |
Dust-bins—New provided | 65 | 48 | 42 | 22 | 25 | 72 | 105 | 256 | 221 | 100 | |
Do. Repaired, Covered, &c. | 77 | 171 | 131 | 116 | 101 | 254 | 281 | 237 | 289 | 447 | |
Water Supply. | Cisterns—New erected | 18 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 10 |
Do. Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered | 248 | 196 | 141 | 168 | 95 | 235 | 123 | 254 | 260 | 485 | |
Miscellaneous. | Removal of Dung, Stagnant Water, Refuse, &c. | 97 | 102 | 58 | 62 | 45 | 114 | 24 | 35 | 45 | 91 |
Animals Removed, being improperly kept | 19 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | |
Licensed Cow-sheds Inspected | 65 | 66 | 66 | 51 | 57 | 56 | 49 | 50 | 49 | 48 | |
Licensed Slaughter-houses Inspected | 3i | 59 | 59 | 51 | 50 | 45 | 50 | 40 | 38 | 38 | |
Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses | 59 | 10 | •• | 7 | 27 | 63 | 81 | 60 | 72 | 107 | |
Cases of Overcrowding | •• | 109 | 35 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 75 | 202 | 143 | |
Smoke Nuisance | •• | •• | •• | 5 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 11 | ||
Paving Defects | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 29 | 165 | 191 | ||
Bake-houses inspected | •• | 196 | 196 | 225 | 225 | •• | •• | •• | 211 | 214 |