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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: The following table gives a summary of this branch of the work of the department during the past nine years:-

The following table gives a summary of this branch of the work of the department during the past nine years:-

195119521953195419551956195719581959
Number of complaints received6,0945,1444,6704,8004,0084,9193,8653,5663,190
Number of visits41,98837,65739,29440,75333,15437,48837,60836,65133,870
Intimation notices served5,3774,2863,6463,5973,1223,5062,6562,4492,080
Statutory notices served3,2772,4372,0281, 9871,5011,7031,1711,094996
Number of summonses194230165144117104625056
Costs and/or fines1571549610710386554137
Amount of fines£212£296£218£354£330£306£203£106£122
Amount of costs£216£305£219£265£258£212£122£86£79

Table: The above summonses were taken under the following statutes or regulations -

The above summonses were taken under the following statutes or regulations -

195119521953195419551956195719581959
Public Health (London) Act, 193614818114413511098604350
L.C.C. Lodging House By-laws3839135___--
L.C.C. Water Closet By-laws441__--_-
L.C.C. Drainage By-laws325362254
Public Health (London) Act, 1891 (Vestry By-laws)-111------
Housing Act, 1936-19571311-4-21
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1954)----1---1

Table: Work by Borough Council in default of owners:-

Work by Borough Council in default of owners:-

Public Health (London) Act, 1936 -195419551956195719581959
Schedule 5Cases5381045
Cost£363£305£1,287£1,160£414£458
Section 40Cases422587
Cost£486£372£206£942£922£1,209
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1955 Section 25Cases10192630
Cost£23£34£67£115
Section 27Cases6112420
Cost£161£163£380£283
Cases9526456262
Cost£849£677£1,677£2,299£1,783£2,065