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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 1916
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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Table No. 5.
| DUTIES AND PREMISES. | Inspections. | Re-inspections alter intimations. |
|---|---|---|
| DISTRICT INSPECTORS. Infectious Diseases—Inquiry, removal, disinfection, etc. | (1)1421 | (4) 168 |
| Subsequent sanitary inspection, etc. | (2) 718 | 826 |
| Complaints | (3) 1651 | 4677 |
| Drainage—Under notice. Plans, supervision, etc. | 94 | 1861 |
| Voluntary | 878 | 1798 |
| New Buildings | 157 | 763 |
| Yards of Mews and Stables | 2683 | 28 |
| House-to-House Inspections — Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909: 17 (1). First Inspections . | 4 | 848 |
| Subsequent routine Inspections | 1038 | 1105 |
| Inspections of registered tenement houses other than above | 267 | 868 |
| Other house-to house Inspections | — | S |
| Visits to closed underground rooms | 188 | 66 |
| Smoke Shafts observed .. | 57 | 12 |
| Regulated Trades. Offensive Trades | — | — |
| Rag and Bone dealers | — | — |
| Other effluvia businesses | — | — |
| Inspections of Market Streets | — | — |
| Other Duties | 68 | 1 |
| Totals | 9224 | 13026 |
| FACTORY & WORKSHOP (MALE) INSPECTOR. Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 320 | 351 |
| Laundries | 44 | 4 |
| Bakehouses (Factories and Workshops) | 3e4 | 271 |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 229 | 77 |
| Other Workshops | 640 | 36s |
| Other Workplaces | 47 | S3 |
| Other Duties | — | — |
| Totals | !644 | 1121 |
(1) Including 80 by temporary woman inspector.
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