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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following table gives particulars concerning the number of inquests held, bodies received and post-mortem examinations made during the year.
| Male. | Female. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of inquests held | 193 | 108 | 301 |
| ,, bodies received | 118 | 78 | 196 |
| ,, post-mortem examinations | 96 | 65 | 161 |
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
Inspections.—Altogether 75,811 inspections were made in 1926 by the staff of Inspectors
and Visitors. These consisted of 34,162 initial inspections and 41,649 re-inspections.
Of these inspections, 43,978 .were made by the District Sanitary Inspectors, 7,276 by
the Sanitary Inspectors of Food and Food places, 2,873 by the Sanitary Inspector of
Factories and Workshops, and 21,684 by the Women Sanitary Inspectors and Health
Visitors.
The work of the various classes of Inspectors and Visitors is set out in Tables 7, 8 and
9, on pages 87 to 90.
The inspections dealt with above are exclusive of the visits made by the Council's
staff at the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres (see page 24), and by the staff of the
Tuberculosis Dispensaries (see page 73); nor do they include the work of the disinfecting
staff (see page 74).
| — | District Inspectors. | Factory and Workshop Inspector. | Food Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2 | — | |||
| — | — | — | |||
| — | — | ||||
| — | — | ||||
| — |
These intimations are classified in Tables 10, 11, 12 and 13, on pages 91 and
92.