Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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-.inspec. tions. | |
| District Inspectors. | ||||||
| After Infectious Disease | 924 | 1892 | - | - | 924 | 182 |
| Upon Complaint (whole house inspected) | 686 | 2673 | - | - | 686 | 2673 |
| Registered tenement houses (as such) | 205 | 1377 | - | - | 205 | 1377 |
| Other inscribed dwellings (as such) | 52 | 138 | - | - | 52 | 138 |
| Housing Act, 1909: 17 (1) First Inspection | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Subsequent routine inspections | 351 | 1495 | - | - | 351 | 1495 |
| Other house to house inspections | 20 | 39 | - | - | 20 | 39 |
| Complaints (not involving the complete inspection of a dwelling house) | 2917 | 7049 | - | - | 2917 | 7049 |
| Drainage— | ||||||
| Under notice. Plans, supervision, &c. | 348 | 3884 | - | - | 348 | 3884 |
| Voluntary, Do. do. | 881 | 3298 | - | - | 881 | 3298 |
| New Buildings. Do. do. | 171 | 2364 | - | - | 171 | 2364 |
| Yards of Mews and Stables. | 5251 | 51 | - | - | 5251 | 51 |
| Smoke Shafts observed | 683 | 36 | - | - | 683 | 36 |
| Regulated Trades— | ||||||
| Offencive trades | 42 | - | - | - | 42 | - |
| Rag and bone dealers | 20 | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Other effluvia businesses | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inspection of Market Streets | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Visits to closed underground rooms | 28 | - | - | - | 28 | - |
| Infectious Diseases. Inquiry, removal, disinfection, &c. | 1082 | 125 | 1897 | - | 2979 | 125 |
| Other duties | 602 | 183 | - | - | 602 | 183 |
| Totals | 14263 | 24608 | 1897 | - | 16160 | 24608 |
| Factory and Workshop Inspector. | ||||||
| Bakehouses— | ||||||
| Workshop | 192 | 99 | - | - | 192 | 99 |
| Factory | 133 | 126 | - | - | 133 | 126 |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 59 | 233 | - | - | 59 | 233 |
| Laundries— | ||||||
| Workshops | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Factory | 5 | 6 | - | - | 5 | 6 |
| Other Factories | 134 | 417 | 1 | - | 135 | 417 |
| Other Workshops | 390 | 1737 | 1 | - | 391 | 1737 |
| Other Workplaces | 25 | 42 | - | - | 25 | 42 |
| Other Duties | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| Totals | 946 | 2660 | 2 | - | 948 | 2660 |