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 1960

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

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Table: Visits by District Public Health Inspectors- Continued

Visits by District Public Health Inspectors- Continued

Visits
Section 78, Housing Act, 1957 - Overcrowding investigations33
Re-visits4
Overcrowding abated2
Shops Acts152
Inspections and re-inspections of food premises -
Public Houses203
Office canteens7
Street traders food stores22
Hostels boarding houses and hotels27
Fruit and greengrocery stores75
Confectioners (sweets)51
Other food premises35
Pharmacy and Poisons112
Hairdressers and Barbers172
Environmental Visits -
(a) Old and Inform (Section 47, National Assistance Act, 1948)4
(b) Blind persons1
(c) Old Age Pensioners36
(d) Tuberculous persons83
(e) Housing applications107
Special Inspections re -
(a) House purchase on loan165
(b) Improvement grants160
Other inspections and re-inspections1,630
Total31,979
Ineffective visits ...1,854
Intimation Notices -
(i) Housing and sanitary defects2,211
(ii) Additional water supply to tenement houses29
Statutory Notices ... ... ...1,047