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St Pancras 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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The number of closing orders made—
| As regards the whole house Nil. | |
| ,, underground rooms (95 rooms) 85 | |
| 85 | |
| The number of dwelling-houses, the defects in which were remedied without the making of closing orders | 2334 |
| The number of dwelling-houses which, after the making of closing orders, were put into a fit state for human habitation | 15* |
Inhabited House Duty.
Inland Revenue Act, 1903.
Applications for certificates under Section 11 of the above Act (dealing
with the abatement of Inhabited House Duty in the case of certain tenement
dwellings) were received by the Medical Officer of Health during 1913 in
respect of 11 blocks of dwellings.
The certificates required are to the effect " that the house is so constructed
as to afford suitable accommodation for each of the families or persons
inhabiting it, and that due provision is made for their sanitary requirements."
Certificates were granted and refused as follows :—
Granted: Application made before 1914 1
Applications made during 1914 8
Total granted 9
Refused 1
Held over to 1915 2
Homing and Town. Planning,&c., Act, 1909.
Section 35 of the Act provides that lodging-houses taking in working-class
persons at a charge not exceeding sixpence a night shall be exempt from
Inhabited House Duty on the production of a certificate from the Medical
Officer of Health in similar terms to that mentioned above.
Two applications for such certificates were received during the year, both
of which were refused.
Housing Schemes.
Goldington Buildings.--The gross income for the year ended 31st March,
1915, from rents amounted to £1378 0s. 9d. The loss from empties, &c.,
amounted to £55 18s. 3d (equal to 3.85 per cent.).
Flaxman Terrace.—These flats continue to let well. During the year The
loss from empties amounted to £3 6s. (id. (equal to 0.16 per cent.), out of a
gross rental of £2028. The sum of £14 8s. 11d. was also received for the
use of the perambulator and bicycle sheds.
Prospect Terrace.— These flats also continue to let well. The loss from
empties amounted to £5 16s. 6d. (equal to 0.33 per cent.), out of a gross
rental of £1725 2s. Od. A sum of £9 14s. 8d. was also received for the use
of the sheds and £236 8s. 9d. from the baths.
Canal Boats Acts.
The late Inspector Osborne continued to act as Canal Boat Inspector until
his death on 14th December, 1914. During the year he made 51 inspections,
and did not find it necessary to serve any notices. No case of infectious or
other illness on canal boats came to the knowledge of the department.
* The closing orders in respect of these houses were made in 1913.