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St Pancras 1924

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

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Table: Notices served and result of service.—3,587 intimation notices (comprising 8,419 items) were served by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1924. These were made up as follows:—

Notices served and result of service.—3,587 intimation notices (comprising 8,419 items) were served by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1924. These were made up as follows:—

District Inspectors.Factory and Workshop Inspector.Food Inspectors.Women Inspectors.Total.
In respect of Nuisances5631—1—5632
In respect of the Tenement House By-laws639———639
In respect of Breaches of Statutes in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces—471——471
In respect of other Breaches of Statutes and By-laws1671—6—1677
Totals79414717—8419

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These intimations are classified in Tables 11, 12, 13 and 14, on pages 112 and
113.
1,646 Statutory notices (comprising 2,621 items) were served during 1924 and the
early part of 1925, following non-compliance with these intimation notices. These are also
classified in Tables 11, 12, 13 and 14, on pages 112 and 113.

Table: The following prosecutions were undertaken during the year in respect of general sanitary work :—Summonses.Under the Public Health (London) Act,1891{except in respect of Food).

The following prosecutions were undertaken during the year in respect of general sanitary work :—

Summonses.

Under the Public Health (London) Act,1891{except in respect of Food).

Situation of Property.Offence.Date of Hearing of Summons.Result of Proceedings.
117, Stanhope StreetWalls and ceilings of ground floor front room, staircase, passage, walls of washhouse, yard, area, top front and back rooms, dirty; roofs and washhouse paving defective; inlet of drain improperly trapped; w.c. improperly constructed; absence of a proper receptacle for house refuseJan. 11thFined £l, costs £2.
81, Chalton StreetRoofs and guttering defective,, 29thWithdrawn—work being carried out.
152, Seymour StreetWalls and ceilings dirty; basement front and ground floor front and back roomsFeb. 12thCosts £1 3s.—Order to abate nuisance within 28 days.
154,Roof, guttering and rainwater pipe defective12thDo.
154,Absence of proper portable metal dust bin,, 12th.Fined 10s.
156,Walls and ceilings dirty ; roof defective„ 12thCosts £1 3s.—Order to abate nuisance within 28 days.
160,Absence of proper portable metal dust bin„ 12thFined 10s.
160,Water fittings in water-closet defective„ 12thCosts £1 3s.—Order to abate nuisance within 14 days.
11, Sidmouth StreetDrain defective and rainwater pipe in direct communication with drain„ 12th.Costs £1 3s.—Order to abate nuisance within 28 days.
24, Barclay StreetWalls and ceilings dirty, and roof defective„ 12thCosts £1 3s.—Order to abate nuisance within 21 days.
10b, Gospel Oak GroveRoof and rainwater pipe defective„ 22nd.Costs £2 2s.—Order to abate nuisance within 14 days.