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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 1892

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

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Table: Table 9A. Sanitary Work Accomplished,

Table 9A. Sanitary Work Accomplished,

No. of Complaints received2226
No. of Dust Complaints received10385
No. of Houses, Premises, &c., Inspected19470
No. of Re-inspections after Order or Notice15509
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments5215
Legal Notices of intention to proceed served265
Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses52
Houses, Premises, &c., cleansed, white-washed, and repaired992
-Booms and contents Disinfected after Infectious Disease1291
Water Supply, Cisterns cleansed, repaired, and covered144
,, ,, Overflow pipes connected with drains, etc., abolished179
,, „ New Cisterns provided11
„ ,, Draw-off Taps provided on Supply Pipes392
„ ,, Reinstated after being cut off40
Water-closets repaired, cleansed, &c.891
„ ,, supplied with water235
,, ,, ventilated76
,, ,, new provided248
House Drains tested649
,, ,, re-constructed, new provided75
,, „ repaired, trapped, &c.1182
,, ,, ventilated876
„ „ disconnected from sewer106
„ ,, cesspools abolished—
Yard Paving repaired, renewed, &c.808
,, ,, new provided70
Dust-bins repaired, covered, &c.224
,, ,, new provided219
Removal of Over-crowding89
,, ,, refuse, dung, stagnant water, &c.138
,, ,, animals improperly kept15
Underground Rooms discontinued as dwellings38
Smoke Nuisances suppressed14
No of registered Houses let in separate dwellings-
Number of Premises,etc
Regular Inspections of Licensed Slaughter-houses26Fortnightly
„ ,, „ Cowsheds86„
„ ,, Bake-houses196Half-yearly
„ „ Markets and Market Streets88Daily
„ „ Mews and Stable Yards170Fortnightly
„ ,, Blind-alleys—courts, &c.100„
„ „ Common Lodging Houses81Yearly