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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table No. 7.
| DUTIES AND PREMISES. | Male Inspectors. | Temporary Women Inspectors. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | |
| DISTRICT INSPECTORS. | ||||||
| Infectious Diseases—Inquiry, removal, disinfection, etc. | 47 | 39 | 3103 | — | 3150 | 39 |
| Subsequent sanitary inspection, etc. | 1172 | 2409 | 593 | — | 1765 | 2409 |
| Complaints | 3613 | 11042 | — | — | 3613 | 11042 |
| Drainage—Under notice. Plans, supervision, etc. | 194 | 2903 | — | — | 194 | 2903 |
| Voluntary | 1660 | 2365 | — | — | 1660 | 2365 |
| 207 | 553 | — | — | 207 | 553 | |
| Drain Tests | 6 | — | — | — | 6 | — |
| Yards of Mews and Stables | 5038 | 31 | — | — | 5038 | 31 |
| Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909: 17 (1).— | ||||||
| First Inspections | 47 | 284 | — | — | 47 | 284 |
| Subsequent routine Inspections | 1098 | 4163 | — | — | 1098 | 4163 |
| Inspections of registered tenement houses other than above | 244 | 1445 | — | — | 244 | 1445 |
| Other house-to house Inspections .. | 117 | 176 | — | — | 117 | 76 |
| Visits to closed underground rooms | 225 | — | — | — | 225 | — |
| Smoke Shafts Observed | 459 | 18 | — | — | 459 | 18 |
| Regulated Trades. Offensive Trades | 12 | _ | _ | _ | 12 | _ |
| Rag and Bone dealers | 33 | — | — | — | 33 | — |
| Other effluvia businesses | 8 | — | — | — | 8 | — |
| Inspections of Market Streets | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Duties | 400 | 23 | 1 | — | 401 | 23 |
| Food Control | 2711 | — | — | — | 2711 | — |
| Totals | 17291 | 25451 | 3697 | — | 20988 | 25451 |
| FACTORY & WORKSHOP (MALE) INSPECTOR. Factories | 232 | 447 | — | — | 232 | 447 |
| Laundries—Factories | 8 | 8 | — | — | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | — | — | — | 9 | — | |
| Bakehouses—Factories | 79 | 75 | — | — | 79 | 75 |
| Workshops | 299 | 181 | — | — | 299 | 181 |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 48 | 64 | — | — | 48 | 64 |
| Other Workshops | 344 | 554 | — | — | 344 | 554 |
| Other Workplaces | 24 | 23 | — | — | 24 | 23 |
| Other Duties | 46 | 5 | — | — | 46 | 5 |
| Food Control | 158 | — | — | — | 158 | — |
| Totals | 1247 | 1357 | — | — | 1247 | 1357 |