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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 1961

[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:-

195319541955195619571958195919601961
Number of complaints received4,6704,8004,0084,9193, 8653,5663,1903,2492,645
Number of visits39,29440,75333,15437,48837, 60836,65133,87031,97932,564
Intimation notices served3, 6463,5973,1223,5062,6562,4492,0802,2401,878
Statutory notices served2,0281,9871,5011.7031,1711,0949961,047874
Number of summonses1651441171046250565977
Costs and/or fines96107103865541374552
Amount of fines£218£354£330£306£203£106£122£120£167
Amount of costs£219£265£258£212£122£86£79£90£141

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

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

195319541955195619571958195919601961
Public Health (London) Act. 1936144135110986043503759
L.C.C. Lodging House By-laws135-------
L.C.C. Water Closet By-laws1------4
L.C.C. Drainage By-laws53622542112
Public Health (London) Act, 1891 (Vestry By-laws)1--------
Housing Act. 1936-195711-4-21-1
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act. 1954--1---111

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

Work by Borough Council in default of owners:-

19541955195619571958195919601961
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 -
Schedule 5Cases538104565
Cost£363£305£1,287£1,160£414£458£921£541
Section 40Cases42258783
Cost£486£372£206£942£922£l, 209£1,294£684
L.C.C. (General Powers)Act, 1955 -
Section 25Cases101926302933
Cost£23£34£67£115£255£74
Section 27Cases61124202412
Cost£161£163£380£283£665£223
TotalsCases95264562627953
Cost£849£677£1,677£2,299£1,783£2,065£3,205£1,522