London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Visits By District Sanitary Inspectors—continued

Visits By District Sanitary Inspectors—continued

Environmental Visits—
(a) Old and Infirm (Section 47, National Assistance Act, 1948)—
First visits21
Subsequent visits4
(b) Blind persons96
(c) Old Age pensioners125
(d) Tuberculous persons274,
(e) Housing applications863
Mews and Stable Yards18
Rent Restriction Acts—
Inspections5
Re-inspections1
Offensive and Regulated Trades2
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949—
Inspections119
Re-inspections53
Section 12, Housing Act, 1936—
Inspections (other than underground rooms)4
Re-inspections28
Underground rooms261
Re-inspections1,195
Section 59, Housing Act, 1936—
Overcrowding offences39
Re-visits30
Overcrowding abated44
Other inspections and re-inspections1,717
Total37,657

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* Recorded as house-to-house inspections.

Table: Intimation Notices Served—

Intimation Notices Served—

(i) Housing and sanitary defects4,286
(ii) Additional water supply to tenement houses (included in (i))154
Rent Restriction Acts Certificates2
Number of Attendances at Police Court—
(a) Applications for summonses120
(b) Hearings128
Ineffective visits4,111
Number of Statutory Notices2,437