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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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Table: Table 9a. ST. PANCRAS, LONDON. Sanitary Work Accomplished during 1889.

Table 9a. ST. PANCRAS, LONDON. Sanitary Work Accomplished during 1889.

No. of Complaints received902
No. of Dust Complaints received667
No. of Houses, Premises, &c., Inspected9110
No. of Re-inspections after Order or Notice18571
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments1927
Legal Notices of intention to proceed served123
Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses47
Houses, Premises, &c., cleansed, white-washed, and repaired299
-Rooms and contents Disinfected after Infectious Disease382
Water Supply, Cisterns cleansed, repaired, and covered38
„ ,, Overflow pipes connected with drains, etc., abolished2
„ „ New Cisterns provided...
„ ,, Draw-off Taps provided on Supply Pipes8
Water-closets repaired, cleansed, &c.143
„ „ supplied with water100
„ „ ventilated8
„ „ new provided56
House Drains tested220
„ „ re-constructed, new provided260
„ „ repaired, trapped, &c.616
„ ,, ventilated102
„ ,, disconnected form sewer74
„ ,, cesspools abolished10
Yard Paving repaired, renewed, &c.87
„ „ new provided2
Dust-bins repaired, covered, &c.87
„ ,, new provided23
Removal of Over-crowding31
„ „ refuse, dung, stagnant water, &c.49
„ ,, animals, improperly kept4
Cellars discontinued as dwellings3
Smoke Nuisances suppressed...
No. of Lodging Houses registered under the 85th Sec. of Sanitary Act 1866...
Number of Premises,etc
Regular Inspections of Licensed Slaughter-houses87Fortnightly
„ ,, Cowsheds45„
„ ,, Bake-houses214Half-yearly
„ ,, Markets and Market Streets88Daily
„ ,, Mews and Stable Yards170Fortnightly
„ ,, Blind alleys,—courts, &c.100„