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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Houses unfit for Human Habitation.
During 1914, in addition to underground rooms (which arc dealt with on
page 88) '67 houses were represented by the Medical Officer of Health as
unfit for human habitation. No closing orders were made. Closing orders
were determined in respect of 15 houses which had been rendered fit for
human habitation, and demolition orders were made in respect of 17 houses.
In the following table are given the particulars in reference to all the houses which have been represented as unfit by the Medical Officer of Health during the past 2 years:—
| Address. | Date of M.U.H.'s representation. | Date of Closing Orders. | Date of determination of Closing Orders, houses having been made tit for human habitation. | Date of Demolition Orders. | Condition at end of 1914. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Clarendon Street Nos. 29-43 (inclusive) | 16th July, 1913 | 17th Sept., 1 913 | - | 28th Oct., 1914 | empty. |
| No. 44 | „ | „ | 8th April, 1914 | — | re-occupied. |
| Nos. 45-54 (inclusive) | „ | „ | 6th May, 1914 | — | re-occupied. |
| Equity Buildings-No. 1 | 22nd Oct., 1913 | 26th Nov., 1913 | 28th Oct., 1914 | — | re-occupied. |
| Nos. 2-4 (inclusive) | „ | „ | 25th Nov., 1914 | — | re-occupied. |
| Nos. 5-37 (inclusive) | „ | „ | - | - | empty. |
| Nos. 2a and 3a | „ | „ | — | 25th Nov., 1914 | empty. |
| Warren Street, No. 37 | „ | „ | — | — | empty. |
| Little Clarendon Street, No. 16 | „ | „ | - | - | empty. |
| Johnson Street, No. 23 | „ | „ | — | — | empty (repaired). |
| Aldenham Street— Nos. 94 and 98 | „ | „ | - | - | empty. |
| No 104 | „ | „ | — | — | empty. |
| Ashdown Street, No, 45 | 21st Oct., 1914 | - | — | — | negotiations continuing. |
| Cromer Street, No. 61 | „ | - | — | — | „ |
| Stibbington Street, No. 79 | „ | - | - | - | „ |
| Crawley Mews— Nos. 3 and 5 | „ | - | - | - | „ |
| Nos. 6 and 7 | „ | - | - | - | „ |
| Wakefield Mews — Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 7, 7a, 8a, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 | „ | - | - | - | „ |
| St. George's Mews— Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 16 | „ | - | - | - | „ |