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St Pancras 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Clerical Work.
| No. of Complaints received (communications) | 1866 |
| No. of Certificates of Dangerous Infectious Diseases received | 1483 |
| No. of Notices of Voluntary Drain-work received | 238 |
| No. of Letters, etc., despatched | 3244 |
| No. of Notices of Intention to Register | 14 |
| No. of Notices of Registration | 6 |
| No. of Sets of Advisory Notices as to Infectious Diseases forwarded | 1453 |
| No. of Statutory Notices requiring disinfection | 1453 |
| No. of Certificates of disinfection completed by Sanitary Authority | 1249 |
| No. of Certificates of Infectious Disease sent to School Teachers | 1888 |
| No. of Intimation Notices issued | 4551 |
| No. of Statutory Notices of intention to proceed served | 976 |
| No. of Statutory Notices requiring stripping for vermin | 66 |
| No. of Statutory Notices requiring purification of articles | 0 |
| No. of Warning Notices of intention to summons sent | 110 |
| No. of Summonses Applied for | 44 |
| No. of Hearings and Adjournments | 41 |
| No. of Meetings of Council | 16 |
| No. of Meetings of Public Health Committee and Sub-Committees held | 64 |
STAFF.
On the Clerical Staff, Mr. May was transferred to the Works Department,
and Mr. Treby transferred from the General Business Department to take
his place; Mr. Lock was transferred to the Electricity Department and a new
Boy Clerk (Mr. Wade) was appointed in his place.
In the Annual Report for last year (1907) an account was given of the
changes which had taken place in the Inspectorial Staff from 1898 to 1907.
Following on the resolution of the Borough Council of the 31st July, 1907,
to dismiss a District Inspector for neglect of duty, &c., and the resolution of
the Borough Council of the 18th of September, 1907, not to appoint a Sanitary
Inspector to fill the vacancy created, copy of which resolution was forwarded
to the Local Government Board, and upon correspondence thereon the Public
Health Committee, on the 11 th December, 1907, referred to the consideration
of the Drainage Sub-Committee the re-arrangement of the Inspectors' districts.
The Drainage Sub-Committee considered the matter and instructed the
Medical Officer of Health to report upon the re-distribution of the areas of the
District Inspectors so as to cover the whole of the Borough in twelve as
equable parts as possible.
For this purpose the following table of premises required to be periodically
inspected in each of the Sub-divisions of the Borough, was compiled during
the second quarter of the year:—