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St Pancras 1887

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

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Table 9B. ST.PANCRAS PARISH.

Return shewing the Sanitary Work accomplished during the past 10 years.

1878187918801881188218831884188518861887
Results of Inspection.No. of Complaints received during the year17171830141129655136 06649538592667
No. of Houses, &c., Inspected36413046348566874259102189241847171275128
No. of Houses, &c , Re-inspected..............132641452118308
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments134613048882469260048404557407532813266
Houses, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, or Whitewashed76872460315525784254171632819907
Rooms Disinfected after Infectious Disease423271270872296341690786290445
House DrainsRenewed, Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c497486343757383395331132212641682
Ventilated..................11
Cesspools abolished..1294377064
Privies and w.c.'sRepaired, Cleansed, &c234465422506154250250729252430
Supplied with water1603162071138147416071560863606376
New provided..............14257
Dust-bins—New provided422225721052562211005742
Water Supply.Do. Repaired, Covered, &c131116101254281237289447242212
Cisterns—New erected9119221123311000
Do.Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered14116895235123254260485321193
MiscellaneousRemoval of Dung, Stagnant Water, Refuse, &c.586245114243545916876
Animals Removed, being improperly kept241711625191641
Cases of Overcrowding3514132037752021438348
Smoke Nuisances..5182324611..17
Paving Defects........29165191..224290
Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses..7276381667210711554
Regularly Inspected.Licensed Cow.sheds Inspected66515766495049484845
Licensed Slaughter-houses Inspected59515045604038383838
Bake-houses inspected109225225......211214214214
Mews, Stable Yards inspected..................169
Drains tested..................213