London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1950

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

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Table: Visits By District Sanitary Inspectors—continued.

Visits By District Sanitary Inspectors—continued.

Mews and Stable Yards62
Rent Restriction Acts— Inspections1
Re-inspections3
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949— Inspections329
Re-inspections59
Section 11, Housing Act, 1936— Inspection for demolition17
Section 12, Housing Act, 1936— Inspections (other than underground rooms)4
Re-inspections10
Underground rooms165
Re-inspections765
Section 59, Housing Act, 1936— Overcrowding offences125
Re-visits18
Overcrowding abated55
Other inspections and re-inspections3,070
Totals43,143

Table: Intimation Notices Served—

Intimation Notices Served—

(i) Smoke abatement14
(ii) Housing and sanitary defects5,401
Additional water supply to tenement houses (included in (ii))201
Rent Restrictions Act Certificates— Tenants5
Release Owners8
Number of Attendances at Police Court—
(a) Applications for summonses77
(b) Hearings82
Ineffective visits4,840
Number of Statutory Notices2,957