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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The following were the details of the inspections and re-inspections made during the year 1907:—
Duties and Premises. | Inspections. | Re inspections after Intimation Notice. | Totals. | |||
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Infectious Diseases —Inquiry, removal, disinfection, &c. | 1775 | 251 | 2026 | |||
„ „ Sanitary inspection after, &c. | 1291 | 1349 | 2640 | |||
Complaints | 2803 | 7463 | 10266 | |||
Drainage—Under notice. Plans, supervision, &c. | 565 | 6267 | 6832 | |||
„ Voluntary. „ „ | 809 | 5671 | 6480 | |||
New Buildings | 185 | 1694 | 1879 | |||
(Weekly) Yards of Mews of Stables (170 on List) | 5923 | 40 | 5963 | |||
House-to-house inspections | 455 | 53 | 508 | |||
Tenement Streets—Inquiries as to occupation of houses | 1787 | 156 | 1943 | |||
„ ,, Mensuration for Registration | 74 | ... | 74 | |||
,, „ „ ,, Inscription | 10 | ... | 10 | |||
Periodical Inspections— | ||||||
Dwelling Places. | (Half-yearly) Registered tenement houses | 2316 Registered | 2429 | 5316 | 7744 | |
„ Inscribed dwellings | 166 Inscribed | 93 | 89 | 182 | ||
(Quarterly) Closed underground dwellings | 478 on Register | 38 | 10 | 48 | ||
(Weekly) Common lodging houses [L.C.C.] | 19 Registered | 8 | ... | 8 | ||
„ Canal boat dwellings [Wharves] | 31 on Register | 74 | ... | 74 | ||
Work Places [W.] | (Half-yearly) Day Schools [Woman] | 42 „ | 24 | ... | 24 | |
„ Factories „ | 108 „ | 47 | ... | 47 | ||
„ Workshops „ | 385 | „ | 131 | 6 | 137 | |
„ Workplaces „ | „ | 23 | ... | 23 | ||
S „ Domestic workshops ,, | 69 „ | 12 | ... | 12 | ||
„ Home workplaces „ | 267 „ | 247 | 1 | 218 | ||
„ Laundries „ | 74 „ | 76 | 1 | 77 | ||
„ Restaurant kitchens „ | 158 „ | 11 | 2 | 13 | ||
Work Places [M.] | (Half-yearly) Factories [Man] | 356 „ | 94 | 35 | 129 | |
„ Workshops „ | 673 | „ | 775 | 212 | 987 | |
„ Workplaces ,, | „ | 47 | 32 | 79 | ||
„ Bakehouses ,, | 173 „ | 322 | 166 | 488 | ||
„ Restaurant kitchens „ | 107 „ | 158 | 91 | 249 | ||
(Weekly) Smoke Shafts | 234 „ | 762 | 25 | 787 | ||
Food Places. | (Quarterly) Milkshops | 402 | Regd. | 927 | 7 | 934 |
„ Dairies | 67 | • •• | 67 | |||
(Fortnightly) Cowsheds | 7 Licensed | 196 | ... | 196 | ||
(Weekly) Slaughterhouses | 17 „ | 542 | 1 | 543 | ||
„ Other Food Premises* | 294 on List | 980 | ... | 980 | ||
(Alternate Daily) Marketing Places | 39 „ | 4670 | ... | 4670 | ||
Unfit Food—Seizure, condemnation, destruction, &c. | 53 | ... | 53 | |||
Adulterated Eood—Samples, transit, &c. | 780 | ... | 780 | |||
Special Places. | (Quarterly) Effluvia Businesses | 9 on Register | 2 | ... | 2 | |
„ Fried Fish Shops | 78 „ | 106 | 20 | 126 | ||
„ Rag and Bone Stores | 40 „ | 48 | 7 | 55 | ||
„ Offensive Trades | 7 Sanctioned | ... | ... | ... | ||
Railway Nuisances | 4 | ... | 4 | |||
Legal Proceedings (1) Service of Notices | 44 | ... | 44 | |||
„ „ (2) Applications and Summonses | 73 | ... | 73 | |||
„ „ (3) Hearings and Adjournments | 68 | 1 | 69 | |||
Other Duties not included in above | 4412 | ... | 4412 | |||
Total | 34020 | 28965 | 62985 |
* Where Tripe, Sausages, Extract of Meat, Ice Cream, &c., are prepared.