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 9B. ST.PANCRAS PARISH.
Return shewing the Sanitary Work accomplished during the past 10 years.
1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | ||
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Results of Inspection. | No. of Complaints received during the year | 1717 | 1830 | 1411 | 2965 | 513 | 6 06 | 649 | 538 | 592 | 667 |
No. of Houses, &c., Inspected | 3641 | 3046 | 3485 | 6687 | 4259 | 10218 | 9241 | 8471 | 7127 | 5128 | |
No. of Houses, &c , Re-inspected | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13264 | 14521 | 18308 | |
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments | 1346 | 1304 | 888 | 2469 | 2600 | 4840 | 4557 | 4075 | 3281 | 3266 | |
Houses, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, or Whitewashed | 768 | 724 | 603 | 1552 | 578 | 425 | 417 | 1632 | 819 | 907 | |
Rooms Disinfected after Infectious Disease | 423 | 271 | 270 | 872 | 296 | 341 | 690 | 786 | 290 | 445 | |
House Drains | Renewed, Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c | 497 | 486 | 343 | 757 | 383 | 395 | 331 | 1322 | 1264 | 1682 |
Ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |
Cesspools abolished | .. | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
Privies and w.c.'s | Repaired, Cleansed, &c | 234 | 465 | 422 | 506 | 154 | 250 | 250 | 729 | 252 | 430 |
Supplied with water | 160 | 316 | 207 | 1138 | 1474 | 1607 | 1560 | 863 | 606 | 376 | |
New provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 25 | 7 | |
Dust-bins—New provided | 42 | 22 | 25 | 72 | 105 | 256 | 221 | 100 | 57 | 42 | |
Water Supply. | Do. Repaired, Covered, &c | 131 | 116 | 101 | 254 | 281 | 237 | 289 | 447 | 242 | 212 |
Cisterns—New erected | 9 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
Do.Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered | 141 | 168 | 95 | 235 | 123 | 254 | 260 | 485 | 321 | 193 | |
Miscellaneous | Removal of Dung, Stagnant Water, Refuse, &c. | 58 | 62 | 45 | 114 | 24 | 35 | 45 | 91 | 68 | 76 |
Animals Removed, being improperly kept | 24 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 1 | |
Cases of Overcrowding | 35 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 75 | 202 | 143 | 83 | 48 | |
Smoke Nuisances | .. | 5 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 11 | .. | 1 | 7 | |
Paving Defects | .. | .. | .. | .. | 29 | 165 | 191 | .. | 224 | 290 | |
Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses | .. | 7 | 27 | 63 | 81 | 66 | 72 | 107 | 115 | 54 | |
Regularly Inspected. | Licensed Cow.sheds Inspected | 66 | 51 | 57 | 66 | 49 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 45 |
Licensed Slaughter-houses Inspected | 59 | 51 | 50 | 45 | 60 | 40 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | |
Bake-houses inspected | 109 | 225 | 225 | .. | .. | .. | 211 | 214 | 214 | 214 | |
Mews, Stable Yards inspected | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 169 | |
Drains tested | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 213 |