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St Pancras 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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C lerical W ork.

From4th January,1909,to1stJanuary,1910,inclusive.

No. of Complaints received '(communications)1902
No. of Certificates of Dangerous Infectious Diseases received1320
No. of Notices of Voluntary Drain-work received225
No. of Letters, etc., despatched2620
No. of Notices of Intention to Register18
No. of Notices of Registration12
No. of Sets of Advisory Notices as to Infectious Diseases forwarded1288
No. of Statutory Notices requiring disinfection1288
No. of Certificates of disinfection completed by Sanitary Authority971
No. of Certificates of Infectious Disease sent to School Teachers1586
No. of Intimation Notices issued4048
No. of Statutory Notices of intention to proceed served901
No. of Statutory Notices requiring stripping for vermin43
No. of Statutory Notices requiring purification of articles
No. of Warning Notices of intention to summons sent116
No. of Summonses Applied for49
No. of Hearings and Adjournments51
No. of Meetings of Council16
No. of Meetings of Public Health Committee and Sub-Committees held51

STAFF.
In the Annual Report for 1907 an account was given of the changes
which have taken place in the Inspectorial Staff from 1898 to 1907.
In the Annual Report for 1908 an account was given of the resolution of
the Borough Council of the 31st July, 1907, to dismiss a District Inspector,
and the resolution of the Borough Council of the 18th September, 1908, not to
appoint a Sanitary Inspector to fill the vacancy created, and of the correspondence
and inquiry of the Local Government Board upon the subject.
In continuation of the account already given, the following letter was
received from the Local Government Board, dated 5th August, 1909 : —
" Sir,—
"I am directed by the Local Government Board to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 14th ultimo, relative to the arrangements for the
discharge of the duties of Sanitary Inspector in the Borough of St. Pancras.
"The Board direct me to draw attention to their letter of the 8th December
last, in which they stated that it appeared to them that ' the large area of
'Highgate Sub-division and the special character of the New Town area
' therein demand the services of one Inspector.' The Board still adhere to