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, London, Borough of]
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S anitary W ork A ccomplished.
No. of Complaints received | 2561 | |
No. of Dust Complaints received | 122 | |
No. of Houses, Premises, &c., Inspected | 25376 | |
No. of Ke-inspections after Order or Notice | 15965 | |
Cautionary Notices issued for Sanitary Amendments | 5912 | |
Statutory Notices of intention to proceed served | 390 | |
Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses | 58 | |
Houses, Premises, &c., cleansed, -white-washed, and repaired | 778 | |
Rooms and contents Disinfected after Infectious Disease | 2358 | |
Water Supply, for domestic purposes provided | 85 | |
,, ,, Cisterns cleansed, repaired, and covered | 143 | |
,, ,, Overflow pipes connected with drains, &c., abolished | 595 | |
,, ,, New Cisterns provided | ... | |
„ ,, Draw-off Taps provided on Supply Pipes | 182 | |
,, ,, reinstated after being cut off | 12 | |
Water-closets repaired, cleansed | 882 | |
,, „ basins supplied with water | 802 | |
,, ,, ventilated | 194 | |
,, ,, new provided | 127 | |
House Drains tested | 1060 | |
,, ,, repaired, trapped, &c. | 664 | |
,, „ ventilated | 136 | |
„ „ disconnected from sewer | Underground Drainage referred to Works Department. | |
,, ,, re-constructed | ||
,. „ new provided | ||
„ ,, cesspools abolished | ||
Yard Paving repaired | 195 | |
„ „ new provided | 16 | |
Dust-bins repaired, covered | 218 | |
,, ,, new provided | 217 | |
Removal of over-crowding | 73 | |
„ ,, refuse, dung, stagnant water | 189 | |
,, ,, animals improperly kept | 13 | |
Underground rooms discontinued as dwellings | 53 | |
Smoke Nuisances suppressed . | 9 | |
Number of Registered houses let in separate dwellings | 188 | |
Regular Inspections of Dwelling Houses registered under the 94 th Section of the Public Health | Number of Premises. | |
(London) Act, 1891 | 100 | — |
,, „ Common Lodging Houses | 81 | Yearly |
„ „ Licensed Slaughter-houses | 26 | Fortnightly |
„ ,, „ Cowsheds | 86 | |
„ ,, Bake-houses | 196 | Half-yearly |
„ „ Markets and Market Streets | 88 | Daily |
„ „ Mews and Stable Yards | 170 | Fortnightly. |