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St Pancras 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table VI. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Report of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ending December 31st. 1880.
| No. of Complaints received during year from the Sanitary Inspectors and the Public | 1411 | |
| No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected | 8485 | |
| Results of Inspection. | ||
| Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises | 888 | |
| Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed | 603 | |
| Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases | 270 | |
| House Drains. | ||
| Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | 161 | |
| Trapped or Ventilated | 182 | |
| Privies and Water Closets. | ||
| Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | 422 | |
| Supplied with Water | 207 | |
| New provided | 4 | |
| Dust Bins. | ||
| New provided | 25 | |
| Repaired, Covered, &c. | 101 | |
| Water Supply. | ||
| Cisterns (new) erected | 9 | |
| Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered | 95 | |
| Miscellaneous. | ||
| Cesspools abolished | 9 | |
| Overcrowding rooms for which notices were served | 13 | |
| Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, and other Refuse | 45 | |
| Removal of Animals improperly kept | 1 | |
| Licensed Slaughterhouses | Regularly inspected - j | 225 |
| Licensed Cowhouses | 57 | |
| Bakehouses | 50 | |
| Clay Burning | _ | |
| Smoke Nuisances | 16 | |
| Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings | 27 | |