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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 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Table VI.Report of the Sanitary Work carried out in the year 1884.

Table VI.

Report of the Sanitary Work carried out in the year 1884.

No. of Complaints received during the year.No. of Houses, Premises, &c,, inspected.Results of Inspection.House Drains-Privies and W.C.'s.Dust Bins.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.Underground Dwellings, Prevention of occupation of.Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious Character.Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c.New provided.Repaired, &c.Supplied with Water.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns (new) erected.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired and Covered.Cesspools abolished.Removal of Accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.Animals Removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses.Cases of Over-crowding.Smoke Nuisances.Paving Defects.
Licensed Cowsheds.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
Totals6499,2414,557417384690310212501,56022128931260745194938722021191