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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 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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This report has effected the demolition of "Waits Place and of Passmore Place, and
has directed the attention of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and of the Marquis
of Camden, to the improvement of their estates in Camden Town.
| Date of Report of the Medical Officer of Health. | Premises. | Report of Chief Surveyor. | Order of Vestry. | Action of Owners. | Present Condition, &c. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None in 1880 & 1881 1882 | Mary Place (now Stanhope Building l, 17, 4,2 & 3 | 8th Nov., 1882, recommending demolition | 18th April, 1883, to be repaired | Hoarded up and repaired | |
| July 26 | |||||
| „ 28 | Mary Place (now Stanhope Buildings), 11, 8. 6, 14, 9, 13, 15, 16, 18, 7, 12 and 13 | Do. do. | Do. | Do. | |
| 1883 Jan. 19 | Poplar Place, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 | Dec. 19.1883, recommending demolition | Feb. ft, 1884, demolition ordered | June 4, 1884, Vestry required to purchase | |
| ,, | Compton Place, 12, 13 and 14 | Dec. 23, 1883, recommending demolition | Do. repair | Repaired | March, 1885,Vestry purchased. Oct., 1886, Vestry surrendered to freeholders, who demolished except 12,13,14, and 15,Compton Place. Site vacant. |
| June 4,1884, presenting plan, specification and estimate | |||||
| ,, | Compton Place. 15 | Dec. 19, recommending demolition | Do. demolition, ultimately not demolished but repaired | Do. | |
| ,, | Compton Place, 16, 17 and 18 | Do. do. | Do., demolition | Required Vestry to purchase | |
| Oct. 25 | Colonnade, 2, 4, 0, 8, 10,12,14,16,18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 32 and 34 | Jan. 23, 1881,recommending repairs | Jan. 23, 1884, Chief Surveyor's report forwarded to freeholders (Trustees of the Foundling Hospital) | 1884, repaired by lessees under pressure of freeholders | |
| »,, | Cooper s Buildings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 | Dec. 19, recommending reconstruction | Feb. 6, 1884, demolition ordered | Sept. 3, 1884, Chief Surveyor reported demo lition | Site vacant. |
| July, 16, ejectment authorised. Instructions to Chief Surveyor to demolish | |||||
| ,, | Dutton Street, 8 | Dec. 19, 1883, recommending reconstruction | Feb. 6.1884, repair | Repaired. | 1890, closed by County Council |
| June 4, 1884, presenting plan specification and estimate | |||||
| ,, | Melina Place, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 | Dec. 12, 1883, recommending reconstruction | Do. Do. | Sept. 1884, houses vacated | 1890,demolished by London County Council Site vacant. |
| June 4,1884, presenting plan, specification and estimate | |||||
| »,, | Catel Place, 1,2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 7 and 8 | Dec. 19, 1883, recommending reconstruction | Feb. 6, 1884, demolition ordered | ... ... | Site vacant |
| Nov. 5, 1884, Order of Vestry under seal to Chief Surveyor to demolish |