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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 1904
[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 year 1904:—
| Duties and Premises. | Inspections. | Re-inspections after Intimation Notice. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases— Inquiry, removal, disinfection, &c. | 1772 | 647 | 2419 | |||
| „ „ Sanitary inspection after, &c. | 1291 | 1249 | 2540 | |||
| Complaints | 2905 | 5548 | 8453 | |||
| Drainage—Under notice. Plans, Supervision, &c. | 818 | 7744 | 8562 | |||
| „ Voluntary. „ „ | 614 | 3260 | 3874 | |||
| New Buildings | 110 | 628 | 738 | |||
| (Weekly) Yards of Mews of Stables (170 on List) | 3935 | 43 | 3978 | |||
| House-to-house inspections | 129 | 66 | 195 | |||
| Tenement Streets—Inquiries as to occupation of houses | 593 | 6 | 599 | |||
| „ ,, Mensuration for Registration | 184 | 16 | 200 | |||
| „ „ „ „ Inscription | — | - | — | |||
| Dwelling Places. | Periodical Inspections— (Half-yearly) Registered tenement houses | (2000 Registered) | 2652 | 5552 | 8204 | |
| „ Inscribed dwellings | (212 Inscribed ) | 42 | 79 | 121 | ||
| (Quarterly) Underground dwellings | (1242 on List ) | 8 | 348 | 356 | ||
| „ Closed underground dwellings | (516 on Register) | 158 | 1116 | 1274 | ||
| (Weekly) Common lodging houses [L.C.C.] | ( 25 Registered ) | — | - | — | ||
| „ Canal boat dwellings [Wharves] | ( 81 on Register) | 135 | — | 135 | ||
| Work Places [W.] | (Half-yearly) Day Schools [Woman] | (66 „ ) | 18 | 1 | 19 | |
| „ Factories „ | (101 „ ) | 29 | — | 29 | ||
| „ Workshops „ | (385 „ ) | 173 | 10 | 183 | ||
| „ Workplaces „ | ( - ,,) | — | — | — | ||
| „ Domestic workshops [Woman] | 226 | „) | 21 | — | 21 | |
| „ Home workplaces „ | „) | 77 | 1 | 78 | ||
| ,, Laundries „ | (90 „) | 57 | 7 | 64 | ||
| ,, Restaurant kitchens ,, | (157 „ ) | 14 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Work Places [M.] | (Half-yearly) Factories [Man] | (341 „ ) | 63 | 6 | 69 | |
| ,, Workshops „ | (802 „ ) | 284 | 59 | 343 | ||
| „ Workplaces „ | ( - „) | - | — | — | ||
| „ Bakehouses „ | (178 „) | 202 | 1157 | 1359 | ||
| ,, Restaurant kitchens [Man] | ( 63 „ ) | 8 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Food Places. | (Quarterly) Milkshops | 466 | Regd.) | 778 | — | 778 |
| „ Dairies | „) | 117 | — | 117 | ||
| (Fortnightly) Cowsheds | ( 13 Licensed) | 212 | — | 212 | ||
| (Weekly) Slaughterhouses | ( 21 „) | 504 | — | 504 | ||
| „ Food Makers* | (272 on List) | 514 | — | 514 | ||
| (Alternate Daily) Marketing Places | (36 „) | 3886 | — | 3886 | ||
| Unfit Food—Seizure, condemnation, destruction, &c. | 70 | 4 | 74 | |||
| Adulterated Food—Samples, transit, &c. | 750 | — | 750 | |||
| Special Places. | (Quarterly) Effluvia Businesses | (4 on Register) | 14 | — | 14 | |
| „ Fried Fish Shops | (63 „) | - | 30 | 30 | ||
| „ Rag and Bone Stores | (31 „) | — | — | — | ||
| ,, Offensive Trades | ( 2 Sanctioned) | 19 | — | 19 | ||
| (Weekly) Smoke Shafts | (221 on Register | 721 | 40 | 761 | ||
| Legal Proceedings—(1) Services of Notices | 44 | — | 44 | |||
| „ „ (2) Applications and Summonses | 101 | 2 | 103 | |||
| „ „ (3) Hearings and Adjournments | 76 | — | 76 | |||
| Other Duties not included in above | 1759 | 45 | 1804 | |||
| Total | 25857 | 27668 | 53525 | |||
| * Tripe, Sausage, Extract of Meat, and Ice Cream Makers. | ||||||