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St Pancras 1921

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

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Table: Table No. 7.Inspections and Re-inspections made by District Inspectors, by the Factory and Workshop '(Male) Inspector and by Women Inspectors in connection with certain infectious diseases during the year 1921.

Table No. 7.

Inspections and Re-inspections made by District Inspectors, by the Factory and Workshop '(Male) Inspector and by Women Inspectors in connection with certain infectious diseases during the year 1921.

Duties and Premises.Male Inspectors.Women Inspectors.Total.
Inspections.Re-inspections.Inspections.Re-inspections.Inspections.Re-inspections.
District Inspectors.
Infectious diseases—
Inquiry, removal, disinfection, &c.413,491—3,4951
Subsequent sanitary inspection, &c.1,6502,5621,157—2,8072,562
Complaints4,57612,0751—4,57712,075
Drainage—
Under notice. Plans, supervision, &c.2483,113——2483,113
Voluntary9941,918——9941,918
New buildings69585——69585
Drain tests—————-—
Yards of Mews and Stables5,30637——5,30637
Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909, 17 (1)—
First Inspections—8———8
Subsequent routine inspections7993,366——7993,366
Inspections of registered tenement houses other than above117605——117605
Other house to house inspections834——834
Visits to closed underground rooms152———152—
Smoke shafts observed67430——67430
Regulated Trades—
Offensive trades54———54—
Rag and bone dealers9———9—
Other effluvia businesses——————
Inspections of Market Streets——————
Other Duties11,457†7513—1,47075
Totals16,11724,4094,662—20,77924,409
Factory and Workshop (Male) Inspector.
Factories230912——230912
Laundries—
Factories17——17
Workshops1———1—
Bakehouses—
Factories10276——10276
Workshops258158——258158
Restaurant Kitchens67158——67158
Other Workshops352939——352939
Other Workplaces62106——62106
Other Duties1———1—
Totals1,0742,356——1,0742,356

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+ Includes 1,060 inspections and 61 re-inspections to transmigrants' lodging houses.