Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916 page 54

St Pancras 1916

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916

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54
Constructional Drain Work.
The construction of, and repairs to, house drains are supervised by the
sanitary inspectors.

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During the year the following work has been done under this heading:—

	First inspections.	Consequent rc-inspections.
Drainage work done under notice	94	1861
Voluntary drainage work	878	1798
Drains of new buildings	157	763
	1129	4422

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The tests which have been applied to drains during 1916 are shown in the following table:—

			After Infectious Disease.	Upon Complaint.	Upon systematic Inspection	Old Buildings.		New Buildings at completion of work.	Total.
			After Infectious Disease.	Upon Complaint.	Upon systematic Inspection	At commencement of work.	At completion of work.	New Buildings at completion of work.	Total.
By Grenada.	1	Defects found	29	41	6	—	6	—	82
	r	No result	382	106	34	—	16	1	539
	3.	Total	411	147	40	-	22	1	621
By Smoke.	1.	Defects localised	—	1	—	—	_	—	1
	2.	No result	—	—	—	—	5	2	7
	3.	Total	-	1	-	-	5	2	8
By Watar.	1	Not found water-tight	—	—	—	—	18	3	21
	2	Found water-tight	—	—	—	—	397	31	428
	3.	Total	-	-	—	—	415	34	149
Total			29	42	6	—	24	3	104
			382	106	34	—	418	34	974
			411	148	40	—	442	37	1078

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Drainage Register.—The following is an analysis of the Drainage Register during 1916:—

Plans deposited—Old Buildings under Notice	75
„ „ —Old Buildings, Voluntary	108
,, „ —New Buildings and Additions	22
	205
Applications without Plans	114
Total number of Applications and Plans	319