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]
This page requires JavaScript
74
Table 9a.
ST. PANCRAS, LONDON. Sanitary Work Accomplished during 1890.
No. of Complaints received | 1253 | |
No. of Dust Complaints received | 1058 | |
No. of Houses, Premises, &c., Inspected | 9168 | |
No. of Re-inspections after Order or Notice | 13547 | |
Notices issued for Sanitary Amendments | 2188 | |
Statutory Notices of intention to proceed served | 159 | |
Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses | 58 | |
Houses, Premises, &c., cleansed, white-washed, and repaired | 348 | |
Rooms and contents Disinfected after Infectious Disease | 641 | |
Water Supply, Cisterns cleansed, repaired, and covered | 22 | |
,, ,, Overflow pipes connected with drains, etc., abolished | .. | |
„ ,, New Cisterns provided | . . . | |
,, ,, Draw-off Taps provided on Supply Pipes | 15 | |
Water-closets repaired, cleansed, &c. | 90 | |
,, ,, supplied with water | 98 | |
,, ,, ventilated | 6 | |
,, ,, new provided | 69 | |
House Drains tested | 212 | |
„ ,, re-constructed, new provided | 245 | |
„ ,, repaired, trapped, &c. | 582 | |
,, ,, ventilated | 253 | |
„ ., disconnected from sewer | 216 | |
,, „ cesspools abolished | 7 | |
Yard Paving repaired, renewed, &c. | 104 | |
,, „ new provided | 2 | |
Dust-bins repaired, covered, &c. | 96 | |
,, ,, new provided | 36 | |
Removal of Over-crowding | 29 | |
„ „ refuse, dung, stagnant water, &c. | 39 | |
,, ,, animals, improperly kept | 4 | |
Cellars discontinued as dwellings | 26 | |
Smoke Nuisances suppressed | 2 | |
No. of Lodging Houses registered under the 35th Sec. of Sanitary Act 1866 | ... | |
Number of Premises,etc | ||
Regular Inspections of Licensed Slaughter-houses | 87 | Fortnightly |
,, ,, Cowsheds | 45 | |
„ ,, Bake-houses | 214 | Half-yearly |
,, ,, Markets and Market Streets | 38 | Daily |
,, ,, Mews and Stable Yards | 170 | Fortnightly |
,, „ Blind alleys,—courts, &c. | 100 | '' |