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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 1886

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

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Table: Table VII.Report of the Sanitary Work carried out in the year 1886.

Table VII.

Report of the Sanitary Work carried out in the year 1886.

No. of Complaints received during the year.Inspections.Results of Inspection.House Drains.Privies and W.C.'s.Dust Bins.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
No. of Houses, Premises, Ac., inspected.No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, Ac.Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Houses, Premises, Ac., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, Ac.Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious Character.Renewed, Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, Ac.Ventilated.Repaired, &c.Supplied with Water.New provided.New provided.J Repaired, Covered, Ac.Cisterns (new) erected.' Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired and Covered.Cistern Overflow Pipes connected with Drains, Ac., abolished.No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Section of the "Sanitary Act, 1866," or 90th Sectionof " Public Health Act, 1875."Dust Removal-No. of Communications received and attended to.Removal of Accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.Animals Removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Legal Proceedings, i.e., Sumonses.
Bake-houses.Licensed Cowsheds.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
Totals59271271452132818192901261A requirement hitherto in abeyance, hut very desirable25260625572420321Water Companies efficiently control there in their own interests.Bye-Laws not in force in St. Pancras.Over this the Sanitary Department has no cont'd.6842144838115