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St Pancras 1890

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

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It was shown that as the number of complaints, notifications of infectious
diseases, and disinfections increased, so the number of house to house inspections
decreased, leading to continuous overtime work and neglect of many regular
inspections of food, trade and other premises.
Upon the recommendation of the Special Committee your Yestry, on 8th
October, 1890, decided to transfer the duties of the Vestry connected with the
removal of dust and house refuse from the Works to the Sanitary Department, and
the supervision of the construction of underground drainage from the Sanitary to
the Works Department, and in order to facilitate the work of the officers of both
Departments adopted a code of Regulations respecting house drainage.
Subsequently upon the recommendation of the Special Committee your Vestrv,
on 19th November, resolved to appoint a Chief Clerk of the Sanitary Department
to dispense with the services of the nine dust inspectors and to appoint four
additional Sanitary Inspectors.
It was also resolved that the four existing Inspectors should be appointed
Divisional Sanitary Inspectors, each to take charge of one of the four Parliamentary
Divisions of the Parish, and that the four new inspectors should be
unattached Sanitary Inspectors available at all times and places and for all
purposes.
Subsequently in 1891 your Vestry decided to change the name of the Department
from Sanitary to that of Heath Department.
The staff of the Health Department now consists of the Medical Officer of
Health, the Chief Clerk and three other Clerks, four Divisional Sanitary Inspectors,
four Unattached Sanitary Inspectors, a Caretaker of the Mortuary Buildings, three
Disinfectors, and an Office Messenger.
OPEN SPACES.

The parks, public gardens and other open spaces secured against building operations in St. Pancras, together with their situation, approximate area, and the authority under which they are maintained are enumerated in the following table:—

Garden or Open Spaces.Maintaining Authority.Area.Sub-Districts and Density of Persons per acre, 1881.
A.R.P.
Parliament FieldsLondonCountyCouncil26720Kentish Town, 54
Waterlow Park,, ,, ,,2900,, ,, ,,
Highgate CemetaryCemetary Company3800,, ,, ,,
Pond Square, &c., High gateSt. Pancras Vestry0328,, ,, ,,
South Grove, Highgate Road,, ,, ,,0012,, ,, ,,
Lismore Circus,, ,, ,,0226,, ,, ,,
College Garden,, ,, ,,0017,, ,, ,,
Primrose Hill ParkH.M. Government40000Regent's Park, 93
Regent's Park,, ,, ,,
St. Martin's GardensSt. Pancras Vestry130Camden Town, 102
St. Pancras Gardens,, ,, ,,510,, ,, ,,
St. James's Gardens . .,, ,, ,,2231Somers Town, 188
WhitfieldB urialGround??TottenhamCourt, 192
St. George's GardensSt. Pancras Vestry207Gray's Inn Lane, 196
St. Andrew's Gardens,, ,, ,,1215,, ,, ,, ,,