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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 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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The following were the details of the inspections and re-inspections made during the 52 weeks ending January 2nd, 1903.
| Duties and Premises. | Inspections. | Re-inspections after Intimation Notice. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases—Inquiry, removal, disinfection, &c. | 1756 | 1303 | 3959 | |||
| „ „ Sanitary inspection after, &c. | 1147 | 1245 | 2392 | |||
| Complaints | 3171 | 6429 | 9600 | |||
| Drainage—Under notice. Plans, Supervision, &c. | 859 | 9237 | 10096 | |||
| „ Voluntary. „ „ | 757 | 3953 | 4710 | |||
| (Weekly) Yards of Mews and Stables (170 on List) | 4061 | 97 | 4158 | |||
| House-to-house Inspections | 2423 | 3 | 2426 | |||
| Tenement Streets—Inquiries as to occupation of houses | 1019 | 8 | 1027 | |||
| „ „ Mensuration for Registration | 42 | 1 | 43 | |||
| „ „ „ „ Inscription | — | — | — | |||
| Periodical Inspections— | ||||||
| Work Places [W.] Dwelling Places | (Half yearly) Registered tenement houses (1838 Registered] | 2307 | 5535 | 7842 | ||
| „ Inscribed dwellings (212 Inscribed ) | 411 | 174 | 585 | |||
| (Quarterly) Underground dwellings ( on Register) | 68 | 182 | 250 | |||
| „ Closed underground dwellings (36 „ | 16 | 185 | 201 | |||
| (Weekly) Common lodging houses [L.C.C.] ( 25 Registered) | — | — | — | |||
| „ Canal boat dwellings [Wharves] ( 31 on Register) | 111 | — | 111 | |||
| (Half-yearly) Day schools [Woman] (66 ,, ) | 109 | 5 | 114 | |||
| „ Factories „ (102 „ ) | 175 | 4 | 179 | |||
| „ Workshops „ (376 „ ) | 609 | 28 | 637 | |||
| „ Workplaces „ ( — ,, ) | — | — | — | |||
| „ Domesticworkshops[Woman] | 214 | „ | 46 | — | 46 | |
| „ Home workplaces „ | „ | 174 | 2 | 176 | ||
| „ Laundries „ (89 „ ) | 202 | 34 | 236 | |||
| ,, Restaurant Kitchens „ (158 „ ) | 133 | 14 | 147 | |||
| Work Places [M.] | (Half-yearly) Factories [Man](341 ,, ) | 200 | 72 | 272 | ||
| „ Workshops „ (793 „ ) | 229 | 126 | 355 | |||
| „ Workplaces „ ( — „ ) | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| „ Bakehouses „ (178 „ ) | 907 | 125 | 1032 | |||
| „ Restaurant kitchens [Man]( 63 „ ) | 59 | 11 | 70 | |||
| Food Places. | (Quarterly) Milkshops | 484 | Registrd | 759 | — | 759 |
| „ Dairies | „ | 151 | — | 151 | ||
| (Fortnightly) Cowsheds( 13 Licensed) | 230 | — | 230 | |||
| 1 (Weekly) Slaughterhouses( 21 „ ) | 482 | — | 482 | |||
| „ Food Factories(276 on List) | 773 | — | 773 | |||
| (Alternate Daily) Marketing Places( 36 „ ) | 3571 | — | 3571 | |||
| Unfit Food—Seizure, condemnation, destruction, &c. | 87 | — | 87 | |||
| Adulterated Food—Samples, transit, &c. | 489 | — | 489 | |||
| Special Places | (Quarterly) Effluvia Businesses [M]( 4 on Register) | 5 | — | 5 | ||
| „ Fried Fish Shops( 63 „ „ ) | 139 | 30 | 169 | |||
| „ Rag and Bone Stores( 31 „ „ ) | 72 | 2 | 74 | |||
| „ Offensive Trades [M]( 2 Sanctioned) | 18 | — | 18 | |||
| (Weekly) Smoke Shafts (M)(221 on Register) | 185 | 118 | 303 | |||
| Legal Proceedings—(1) Services of Notices | 47 | — | 47 | |||
| „ „ (2) Applications and Summonses | 100 | 1 | 101 | |||
| ,, „ (3) Hearings and Adjournments | 88 | — | 88 | |||
| Other Duties not included in above | 1440 | 2 | 1442 | |||
| Total | 29664 | 28926 | 58590 | |||
* Tripe, Sausage, Extract of Meat, and Ice Cream Makers.