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St Pancras 1911
[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 1911 : —
| Duties and Premises. | Inspections. | lie-inspections after Intimation Notices. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases—Inquiry, removal, disinfection, &c. | 1,631 | 321 | 1,952 | ||
| „ „ Sanitary inspection after, &c. | 988 | 1,307 | 2,295 | ||
| Complaints | 2,980 | 8,379 | 11,364 | ||
| Drainage—Under notice. Plans, supervision, &c. | 888 | 5,018 | 5,356 | ||
| „ Voluntary. ,, „ | 571 | 5,875 | 5,946 | ||
| „ New Buildings. ,, „ | 71 | 1,857 | 1,928 | ||
| (Weekly) Yards of Mews and Stables (170 on List) | 5,380 | 98 | 5,478 | ||
| House-to-house Inspections | 640 | 545 | 1,185 | ||
| Tenement Streets—Inquiries as to occupation of houses | 14 | 8 | 22 | ||
| „ „ Mensuration for Registration | 14 | 10 | 24 | ||
| „ „ „ Inscription | — | 3 | 3 | ||
| Periodical Inspections— | |||||
| Dwelling Places. | (Half-yearly) Registered tenement houses (2353 Registered) | 2,504 | 6,560 | 9,064 | |
| ,, Inscribed dwellings ( 183 Inscribed) | 170 | 461 | 637 | ||
| (Quarterly) Closed underground dwellings ( 427 on Register) | 136 | 64 | 200 | ||
| „ Common lodging-houses ( 8 Registered) | — | — | — | ||
| (Weekly) Canal boat dwellings [Wharves] ( 34 on Register) | 67 | — | 67 | ||
| Work Places [Women]. | (Half-yearly) Day schools [Woman] (40 „ ) | 16 | — | 16 | |
| ,, Factories ,, ( 107 ,, ) | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| „ Workshops „ | 404 „ | 30 | — | 30 | |
| „ Work places „ | — | — | — | ||
| „ Domestic workshops „ (71 „ ) | 2 | — | 2 | ||
| „ Home work places „ ( 273 „ ) | 24 | — | 24 | ||
| „ Laundries „ (74 „ ) | 2 | — | 2 | ||
| ,, Restaurant kitchens „ ( 158 „ ) | — | — | — | ||
| Work Places [Men]. | (Half yearly) Factories [Man] ( 409 „ ) | 88 | 32 | 120 | |
| „ Workshops „ | 1282 | 699 | 243 | 942 | |
| „ Work places ,, | 24 | 13 | 37 | ||
| „ Bakehouses „ ( 167 „ ) | 305 | 268 | 573 | ||
| ,, Restaurant kitchens,, ( 175 „ ) | 127 | 83 | 210 | ||
| (Weekly) Smoke Shafts „ ( 341 „ ) | 528 | 125 | 653 | ||
| Food Places. | (Fortnightly) Cowsheds ( 7 Licensed ) | 126 | — | 126 | |
| ,, Dairies | 413 Regd. | 10 | — | 10 | |
| (Quarterly) Milkshops | 956 | — | 956 | ||
| „ Ice Cream Premises ( 491 on List ) | 385 | — | 385 | ||
| (Weekly) Slaughter-houses ( 18 Licensed ) | 616 | — | 616 | ||
| ,, Food Makers' Premises* ( 204 on List ) | 858 | 9 | 867 | ||
| (Alternate Daily) Marketing Places ( 38 „ ) | 5,058 | — | 5,058 | ||
| Unfit food—Seizure, condemnation, destruction, &c. | 54 | — | 54 | ||
| Adulterated Food—Samples, transit, &c. | 750 | — | 750 | ||
| Special Places. | (Quarterly) Effluvia Businesses [M] ( 15 on Register) | 1 | — | 1 | |
| „ Fried Fish Shops ( 85 „ | 172 | 39 | 211 | ||
| „ Rag and Bone Stores (36 „ ) | 35 | 1 | 36 | ||
| „ Offensive Trades [M] ( 2 Sanctioned) | 43 | — | 43 | ||
| Railway Nuisances | — | — | — | ||
| Legal Proceedings - (1) Services of Notices | 32 | 1 | 33 | ||
| ,, „ (2) Applications and Summonses | 56 | 1 | 57 | ||
| „ „ (3) Hearings and Adjournments | 58 | — | 58 | ||
| Other Duties not included in above | 6,185 | 4 | 6,189 | ||
| Total | 32,751 | 30,836 | 63,587 | ||
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