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 1959

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

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Table: Visits by District Public Health Inspectors- Continued

Visits by District Public Health Inspectors- Continued

Visits
Section 78, Housing Act, 1957 -Overcrowding investigations516
Re-visits444
Overcrowding abated71
Shops Acts293
Inspections and re-inspections of food premises -Public Houses64
Office Canteens13
Street traders' food stores3
Hostels, boarding houses and hotels5
Fruit and greengrocery stores74
Confectioners (sweets)41
Other food premises9
Pharmacy and Poisons125
Hairdressers and Barbers66
Environmental Visits - (a) Old and Infirm (Section 47, National Assistance Act, 1948)17
(b) Blind persons3
(c) Old Age Pensioners24
(d) Tuberculous persons106
(e) Housing applications766
Special surveys and inspections - (a) Overcrowding835
(b) Smoke control area1,589
(c) Council properties715
(d) Loans and Improvement Grants210
(e) Compulsory Purchase Orders12
Other inspections and re-inspections2,487
Total33,870
Ineffective visits2,655
Intimation Notices - (i) Housing and sanitary defects2,066
(ii) Additional water supply to tenement houses14
Statutory Notices996