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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 1910
[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-iuspections made during the year 1910:—
| Duties and Premises. | Inspections. | lie-inspections after Intimation Notices. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iufectious Diseases—Inquiry, removal, disinfection, &c. | 1432 | 337 | 1769 | ||
| „ „ Sanitary inspection after, &c. | 1118 | 1242 | 2360 | ||
| Complaints | 2710 | 6322 | 9032 | ||
| Drainage—Under notice. Plans, supervision, &c. | 390 | 5437 | 5827 | ||
| „ Voluntary, „ „ | 610 | 5613 | 6223 | ||
| ,, New Buildings. ,, „ | 53 | 1866 | 1919 | ||
| ( Weekly) Yards of Mews and Stables (170 on List) | 5627 | 53 | 5680 | ||
| House-to-house Inspections | 430 | 222 | 652 | ||
| Tenement Streets—Inquiries as to occupation of houses | 225 | 3 | 228 | ||
| ,, „ Mensuration for Registration | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| „ „ „ Inscription | 17 | 3 | 20 | ||
| Periodical Inspections— | |||||
| Dwelling Places. | (Half-yearly) Registered tenement houses (2282 Registered) | 2700 | 5899 | 8599 | |
| ,, Inscribed dwellings ( 339 Inscribed) | 1:81 | 608 | 889 | ||
| (Quarterly) Closed underground dwellings (471 on Register) | 116 | 46 | 162 | ||
| ,. Common lodging-houses ( 19 Registered) | 2 | ... | 2 | ||
| i(Weekly) Canal boat dwellings Wharves] ( 31 on Register) | 61 | ... | 61 | ||
| (Half-yearly) Day schools Woman] (40 „ ) | 17 | ... | 17 | ||
| Work Places [Women], | Factories ,, ( 107 „ ) | 16 | 1 | 17 | |
| „ Workshops ,, | (404 „ ) | 19 | 4 | 23 | |
| „ Work places „ | |||||
| „ Domestic workshops „ (71 „ ) | 3 | ... | 3 | ||
| „ Home work places „ ( 273 ) | 13 | ... | 13 | ||
| „ Laundries „ (74 „ ) | 10 | ... | 10 | ||
| „ Restaurant kitchens „ ( 158 ,, ) | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Work Places Men]. | (Half-yearly) Factories [Man] ( 413 „ ) | 69 | 18 | 87 | |
| „ Workshops ,, ( | 1238 „ | 541 | 197 | 738 | |
| ,, Work places „ ( | 21 | 16 | 37 | ||
| „ Bakehouses „ ( 133 „ ) | 378 | 273 | 651 | ||
| „ Restaurant kitchens,. ( 163 „ ) | 188 | 132 | 320 | ||
| (Weekly) Smoke Shafts „ ( 334 ,, ) | 614 | 173 | 787 | ||
| (Fortnightly) Cowsheds | 7 Licensed ) | 117 | ... | 117 | |
| Food Places, | ,, Dairies | 413 Regd. ) | 1225 | ... | 1225 |
| (Quarterly) Milkshops | |||||
| „ Ice Cream Premises ( 491 on List ) | 340 | ... | 340 | ||
| (Weekly) Slaughter-houses ( 17 Licensed ) | 603 | ... | 603 | ||
| „ Food Makers' Premises* ( 204 on List ) | 824 | 29 | 853 | ||
| (Alternate Daily) Marketing Places ( 39 „ ) | 4991 | 2 | 4993 | ||
| Unfit food—Seizure, condemnation, destruction, &c. | 67 | ... | 67 | ||
| Adulterated Food—Samples, transit, &c | 756 | ... | 756 | ||
| Special Places. | (Quarterly) Effluvia Businesses [M] ( 14 on Register) | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| „ Fried Fish Shops (85 ,, ) | 137 | 39 | 176 | ||
| „ Rag and Bone Stores ( 34 „ ) | 45 | 13 | 58 | ||
| „ Offensive Trades [M] ( 2 Sanctioned) | 20 | ... | 20 | ||
| Railway Nuisances | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Legal Proc eedings—(1) Services of Notices | 23 | ... | 23 | ||
| ,, „ (2) Applications and Summonses | 45 | ... | 45 | ||
| ,, „ (3) Hearings and Adjournments | 67 | 1 | 68 | ||
| Other Duties not included in above | 5454 | 57 | 5511 | ||
| Total | 32384 | 28608 | 60992 | ||
| * Where Tripe, Sausages, Extract of Meat, &c., are prepared. | |||||