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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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SECTION 4
Sanitary Circumstances
Visits by District Public Health Inspectors during 1958
Complaints received 3,566
Visits
Complaints Investigated-
Whole house inspections 238*
Whole house re-inspections 189
Part of house inspections 3,328
Part of house re-inspections 9,719
House to House Inspections-
Inspections 239*
Re-inspections 122
Infectious Disease-
Investigations 470
Inspection of premises 71*
Re-inspections 16
Drainage-
(a) Under Notice. Plans, Supervision, etc. 1,746
(b) Voluntary 5,163
(c) New Building 3,963
(d) Tested-
(i) After infectious disease 6
(ii) For other reasons 430
Smoke Observations 133
Rent Act, 1957 662
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 351
Inspections re Closing Order 1,577
*Recorded as house-to-house inspections
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