Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table 9 A.
ST. PANCRAS, LONDON.
Sanitary Work Accomplished during 1891.
No. of Complaints received | 1517 | |
No. of Dust Complaints received | 14634 | |
No. of Houses, Premises, &c., Inspected | 18040 | |
No. of Ke-inspections after Order or Notice | 11801 | |
Notices issued for Sanitary Amendments | 3306 | |
Statutory Notices of intention to proceed served | 181 | |
Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses | 58 | |
Houses, Premises, &c., cleansed, white-washed, and repaired | 498 | |
Rooms and contents Disinfected after Infectious Disease | 725 | |
Water Supply, Cisterns cleansed, repaired, and covered | 43 | |
,, ,, Overflow pipes connected with drains, etc., abolished | ... | |
,, ,, New Cisterns provided | ... | |
„ ,, Draw-off Taps provided on Supply Pipes | 147 | |
Water-closets repaired, cleansed, &c. | 198 | |
,, ,, supplied with water | 233 | |
,, ,, ventilated | 26 | |
,, ,, new provided | 136 | |
House Drains tested | 386 | |
„ ,, re-constructed, new provided | 155 | |
,, ,, repaired, trapped, &c. | 955 | |
,, ,, ventilated | 207 | |
„ disconnected from sewer | 152 | |
,, „ cesspools abolished | 3 | |
Yard Paving repaired, renewed, &c. | 129 | |
,, „ new provided | 58 | |
Dust-bins repaired, covered, &c. | 88 | |
,, ,, new provided | 111 | |
Removal of Over-crowding | 44 | |
,, ,, refuse, dung, stagnant water, &c. | 109 | |
,, ,, animals improperly kept | 18 | |
Cellars discontinued as dwellings | 6 | |
Smoke Nuisances suppressed | 8 | |
No. of Lodging Houses registered under the 35th Sec. of Sanitary Act, 1866 | 136 | |
Number of Premises,etc | ||
Regular Inspections of Licensed Slaughter-houses | 37 | Fortnightly |
,, ,, „ Cowsheds | 45 | |
,, „ Bake-houses | 214 | Half-yearly |
,, ,, Markets and Market Streets | 38 | Daily |
„ „ Mews and Stable Yards | 170 | Fortnightly |
,, ,, Blind alleys,—courts, &c. | 100 | ,, |