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

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St Pancras 1956

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

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Visits by District Public Health Inspectors - Continued
Environmental Visits -
(a) Old and Infirm (Section 47, National Assistance Act, 1948):-
First visits 4
Subsequent visits 1
(b) Blind persons 60
(c) Old Age Pensioners 24
(d) Tuberculous persons 194
(ej Housing applications 1,995
Mews and Stable Yards 1
Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954:-
Inspections 35
Re-inspections 176
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949:-
Inspections 86
Re-inspections 33
Section 11, Housing Act 1936 -
Inspections 11
Re-inspections 15
Section 12 Housing Act, 1936 -
Inspections (other than underground rooms) 10
Re-inspections 23
Underground rooms 260
Re-inspections 1,489
Section 59 Housing Act, 1936 -
Overcrowding offences 17
Re-visits 25
Overcrowding abated 19
Special Survey and C.P.0 inspections 148
Other inspections and re-inspections 2,585
Total 37,488
* Recorded as house-to-house inspections
Ineffective visits 4,088
Intimation Notices Served
(i) Housing and sanitary defects 3,506
(ii) Additional water supply to tenement houses
(included in (i) 46
Number of Statutory Notices 1,703
Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954 - Part II -
Certificates of disrepair issued 30
Revocation certificates issued 27
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