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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 is the form (a) of preliminary report as to the mode of subletting
tenement houses:—
| Street and number of House. | Total No. of Rooms. | Number of Dwellings of | Total No. of Dwellings. | No. of Shops, Stores, Workshops, &c. | Underground Rooms. | Dwellings let Furnished or Unfurnished. | Let weekly, monthly, &c. | General Appearance. | Remarks and Names and Addresses of Persons to whom the rent is paid. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Room | 2 Rooms | 3 Rooms | 4 Rooms | 5 or more Rooms | Number in House. | Number slept in. | ||||||||
The following is the form (b and c) of report as to (a) the result of Roomto-Room
Inquiry in a Tenement House, and (b) the result of Room-to-Room
measurement after it is resolved to register a Tenement House:—
Report of Sanitary Inspector to Medical Officer of Health upon a Tenemented
House, (a) the result of Room-to-Room Inquiry, (b) the result of Rnomto-Room
measurement.
Situation of House
| Situation of each Room. | Measurements to be made after Registration has been resolved upon by the Council. | For what purpose used, (Sleeping, Living, or Working). | Number of Persons sleeping in each Room. | Name of Tenant. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor. | Front or Back, Right or Left, or Additional, or N.E.W.S. | Dimensions in feet. | Males over 10. | Females over 10. | Children under 10. | Total. | |||||
| Height. | Length. | Width. | Cubic Capacity. | ||||||||
(b) Tenement Houses.— During the year 200 inspections were made for the
purpose of measuring tenement or lodging-houses which it had been decided to
register, and at the end of year 2,000 houses were upon the register,
2 having ceased to be registerable, and 188 having been added to the register.
Of these houses, 2,652 periodical half-yearly inspections were made, and 5,554
re-inspections after the service of notices. Also of the 212 dwellings entered in
the register of Inscribed Dwellings 42 inspections were made, and 79 reinspections
after the service of notices.