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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table No. 7.
| DUTIES AND PREMISES. | Male Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | |
| District Inspectors. | ||||||
| After Infectious Disease | 701 | 2083 | — | — | 701 | 2083 |
| Upon Complaint (whole house inspected) | 638 | 3627 | — | — | 638 | 3627 |
| Registered tenement houses (as such) | 463 | 1730 | — | — | 463 | 1730 |
| Other inscribed dwellings (as such) | 13 | 88 | — | — | 13 | 88 |
| Housing Act, 1909: 17 (I) First Inspection | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Subsequent routine inspections | 353 | 1787 | — | — | 353 | 1787 |
| Other house to house inspections | 50 | 265 | — | — | 50 | 265 |
| Complaints (not involving the complete inspection of a dwelling house) | 3027 | 7565 | — | — | 3027 | 7565 |
| Drainage— | ||||||
| Under notice. Plans, supervision, &c. | 350 | 3421 | — | — | 350 | 3421 |
| Voluntary. Do. do. | 1287 | 4031 | — | — | 1287 | 4011 |
| New Buildings Do. do. | 89 | 1l6l | — | — | 89 | 1l6l |
| Yards of Mews and Stables | 5806 | 6l | — | — | 5806 | 6l |
| Smoke Shafts observed | 822 | 93 | — | — | 822 | 93 |
| Regulated Trades— | ||||||
| Offensive trades | 31 | — | — | — | 31 | — |
| Rag and bone dealers | 22 | — | — | — | 22 | — |
| Other effluvia businesses | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inspection of Market Streets | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Visits to closed underground rooms | 92 | 5 | — | — | 92 | 5 |
| Infectious Diseases, inquiry, removal, disinfection, &c, | — | — | 3704 | — | 3704 | — |
| Other duties | 482 | 294 | — | 482 | 294 | |
| Totals | 14226 | 26211 | 3704 | — | 17930 | 26211 |
| Factory and Workshop Inspector. | ||||||
| Bakehouses— | ||||||
| Workshop | 204 | 127 | — | — | 204 | 127 |
| Factory | 115 | 140 | — | — | 115 | 140 |
| Restaurant kitchens | 32 | 49 | — | — | 32 | 49 |
| Laundries— | ||||||
| Workshop | 3 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 |
| Factory | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Factories | 141 | 505 | — | — | 141 | 505 |
| Other Workshops | 292 | 1340 | — | — | 292 | 1340 |
| Other Workplaces | 53 | 139 | 1 | — | 51 | |
| Other Duties | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Totals | 842 | 2302 | 1 | — | 843 | 2302 |