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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Visits by District Sanitary Inspectors - Continued
Environmental Visits -
(a) Old and Infirm (Section 47, National Assistance Act, 1948) -
First visits 8
Subsequent visits 10
(b) Blind persons 70
(c) Old Age Pensioners 64
(d) Tuberculous persons 257
(e) Housing applications 839
Mews and Stable Yards 5
Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954
Inspections 107
Re-inspections 6
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 -
Inspections 121
Re-inspections 52
Section 12, Housing Act, 1936 -
Inspections (other than underground rooms) 6
Re-inspections 38
Underground rooms 249
Re-inspections 1606
Section 59, Housing Act, 1936 -
Overcrowding offences 30
Re-visits 8
Overcrowding abated 108
Other inspections and re-inspections 2,439
Total 40,753
* Recorded as house-to-house inspections
Ineffective visits 4,136
Intimation Notices Served -
(i) Housing and sanitary defects 3,597
(ii) Additional water supply to tenement houses
(included in (i) ) 140
Number of Statutory Notices 1,987
Number of Attendances at Police Court -
(a) Applications for summonses 5
(b) Hearings 99
Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954
Certificates of disrepair issued 87
Revocation certificates issued 1
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