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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 1912
[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 1912 : —
| Duties and Premises. | Inspections. | Re-inspections after Intimation Notices. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases—Inquiry, removal, disinfection. &c | 1860 | 322 | 2182 | |||||
| „ „ Sanitary inspection after, &c. | 1230 | 1479 | 2709 | |||||
| Complaints | 2727 | 7843 | 10570 | |||||
| Drainage—Under Notice. Plans, supervision, &c. | 387 | 5559 | 5946 | |||||
| „ Voluntary. „ „ | 663 | 5923 | 6586 | |||||
| „ New Buildings. „ „ | 66 | 1856 | 1922 | |||||
| (Weekly) Yards of Mews and Stables (170 on List) | 5247 | 33 | 5280 | |||||
| House-to-house Inspections | 301 | 390 | 691 | |||||
| Tenement Streets - Inquiries as to occupation of houses | 91 | 21 | 112 | |||||
| „ „ Mensuration for Registration | 4 | ... | 4 | |||||
| „ „ „ Inscription | 12 | ... | 12 | |||||
| Periodical Inspections— | ||||||||
| Dwelling Places. | (Half-yearly) Registered tenement houses (2358 Registered) | 2424 | 5396 | 7820 | ||||
| „ Inscribed dwellings ( 207 Inscribed) | 84 | 436 | 520 | |||||
| (Quarterly) Closed underground dwellings ( 435 on Register) | 131 | 30 | 161 | |||||
| „ Common lodging-houses ( 8 Registered) | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| (Weekly) Canal boat dwellings [Wharves] ( 31 on Register) | 76 | ... | 76 | |||||
| Work Places [Women]. | (Half-yearly) Day schools [Woman] ( 40 on Register) | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| „ Factories „ ( 107 „ ) | 1 | l | 2 | |||||
| „ Workshops „ | 404 | ” | 7 | ... | 7 | |||
| „ Work places „ | ” | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| „ Domestic workshops ” (71 „ ) | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| „ Home work places „ ( 273 „ ) | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| „ Laundries „ (74 „ ) | 4 | ... | 4 | |||||
| , „ Restaurant kitchens „ ( 158 „ ) | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Work Places [Men]. | (Half-yearly) Factories [Man] ( 408 „ ) | 37 | 27 | 64 | ||||
| „ Workshops „ | 1314 | ” | 269 | 86 | 355 | |||
| „ Work places „ | ” | 1 | 31 | 32 | ||||
| „ Bakehouses „ ( 167 „ ) | 286 | 321 | 607 | |||||
| „ Restaurant kitchens „ ( 175 „ ) | 99 | 22 | 121 | |||||
| (Weekly) Smoke Shafts „ ( 343 „ ) | 600 | 110 | 710 | |||||
| Food Places. | (Fortnightly) Cowsheds ( 6 Licensed ) | 104 | 2 | 106 | ||||
| „ Dairies | 413 Regd. | 150 | ... | 150 | ||||
| (Quarterly) Milkshops | 900 | ... | 900 | |||||
| „ Ice Cream Premises ( 491 on List ) | 302 | ... | 302 | |||||
| (Weekly) Slaughter-houses ( 17 Licensed ) | 555 | ... | 555 | |||||
| „ Food Makers' Premises* ( 204 on List ) | 768 | ... | 768 | |||||
| (Alternate Daily) Marketing Places ( 39 ,, ) | 4941 | ... | 4941 | |||||
| Unfit Food—Seizure, condemnation, destruction, &c. | 198 | ... | 198 | |||||
| Adulterated Food—Samples, transit, &c. | 750 | ... | ||||||
| Special Places. | (Quarterly) Effluvia Businesses [M] ( 14onRegister) | 7 | ... | 7 | ||||
| „ Fried Fish Shops (80 „ ) | 125 | 18 | 143 | |||||
| „ Rag and Bone Stores (38 „ ) | 28 | ... | 28 | |||||
| „ Offensive Trades [M] ( 2 Sanctioned) | 3 | ... | 3 | |||||
| Railway Nuisances | 1 | ... | 1 | |||||
| Legal Proceedings—(1) Services of Notices | 20 | ... | 20 | |||||
| „ „ (2) Applications and Summonses | 58 | ... | 58 | |||||
| „ „ (3) Hearings and Adjournments | 56 | ... | 56 | |||||
| Other Duties not included in above | 3716 | 4 | 3720 | |||||
| Total | 29290 | 29910 | 59200 | |||||
* Where Tripe, Sausages, Extract of Meat. &c., are prepared.