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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 1909
[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 1909 : —
| Duties and Premises. | Inspections. | Re-inspections after Intimation Notice. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases—Inquiry, removal, disinfection, &c. | 1571 | 365 | 1936 | ||
| „ „ Sanitary inspection after, &c | 1213 | 1233 | 2446 | ||
| Complaints | 2587 | 6089 | 8676 | ||
| Drainage—Under notice. Plans, supervision, &c. | 464 | 6521 | 6985 | ||
| „ Voluntary „ „ | 657 | 5077 | 5734 | ||
| ,, New Buildings ,, „ | 76 | 1173 | 1249 | ||
| (Weekly) Yards of Mews and Stables(170 on List) | 5163 | 17 | 5180 | ||
| House-to-house inspections | 175 | 102 | 277 | ||
| Tenement Streets—Inquiries as to occupation of houses | 188 | 61 | 249 | ||
| „ „ Mensuration for Registration | 47 | 3 | 50 | ||
| ,, „ „ Inscription | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Periodical Inspections— | |||||
| Dwelling Places, | (Half-yearly) Registered tenement houses (2288 Registered) | 2398 | 5565 | 7963 | |
| „ Inscribed dwellings ... ( 339 Inscribed ) | 250 | 354 | 604 | ||
| (Quarterly) Closed underground dwellings ( 458on Register) | 193 | 71 | 264 | ||
| „ Common lodging-houses ... ( 19 Registered) | ... | ... | ... | ||
| (Weekly) Canal boat dwellings [ Wharves] ( 31 on Register) | 59 | ... | 59 | ||
| (Half-yearly) Day schools [Woman] (42 „ ) | 36 | 2 | 38 | ||
| Work Places [Women]. | „ Factories „ ( 107 „ ) | 12 | ... | 12 | |
| „ Workshops „ | 404 „ ) | 35 | 5 | 40 | |
| „ Workplaces „ | |||||
| ,, Domestic workshops ,, ( 71 „ ) | 3 | ... | 3 | ||
| „ Home workplaces „ ( 273 „ ) | 20 | ... | 20 | ||
| „ Laundries „ (74 „ ) | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Work Places" [Men], | „ Restaurant kitchens ,, ( 158 „ ) | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| (Half-yearly) Factories [Man] ( 413 „ ) | 91 | 26 | 117 | ||
| „ Workshops „ | 1238 ,, | 762 | 263 | 1025 | |
| „ Workplaces „ | 35 | 14 | 49 | ||
| „ Bakehouses ,, (133 ,, ) | 321 | 225 | 546 | ||
| ,, Restaurant kitchens ,, ( 163 „ ) | 133 | 83 | 216 | ||
| (Weekly) Smoke Shafts „ ( 334 „ ) | 689 | 164 | 853 | ||
| Fool Places. _a. _ | (Fortnightly) Cowsheds ... ... ... ( 7 Licensed ) | 120 | 1 | 121 | |
| „ Dairies | 413 Regd. ,, | 25 | ... | 25 | |
| (Quarterly) Milkshops | 1114 | 2 | 1116 | ||
| ,, Ice Cream Premises ... ( 491 on List ) | 305 | ... | 305 | ||
| (Weekly) Slaughter-houses ... ... ( 17 Licensed ) | 562 | ... | 562 | ||
| ,, Food Makers Premises* ... ( 204 on List ) | 879 | ... | 879 | ||
| (Alternate Daily)Marketing Places ... (39 „ ) | 5014 | ... | 5014 | ||
| Unfit Food—Seizure, condemnation, destruction, &c. | 78 | ... | 78 | ||
| Adulterated Food—Samples, transit, &c. | 762 | ... | 762 | ||
| Special Places. | (Quarterly) Effluvia Businesses [M] ... ( 9on Register) | ' 12 | ... | 12 | |
| „ Fried Fish Shops ( 84 „ | 109 | 14 | 123 | ||
| ,, Rag and Bone Stores ( 41 „ | 30 | ... | 30 | ||
| ,, Offensive Trades [M] ( 2(Sanctioned) | 37 | 1 | 38 | ||
| Railway Nuisances | 3 | ... | 3 | ||
| Legal Proceedings—(1) Services of Notices | 51 | 5 | 56 | ||
| ,, „ (2) Applicatians and Summonses | 43 | 1 | 44 | ||
| „ „ (3) Hearings and Adjournments | 49 | ... | 49 | ||
| Other Duties not included in above | 4076 | ... | 4076 | ||
| Total | 30448 | 27445 | 57893 | ||
* Where Tripe, Sausages, Extract of Meat, &c., are prepared.