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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 1961

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

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Table: SECTION 4Sanitary circumstancesVisits by District Public Health Inspectors during 1961

SECTION 4

Sanitary circumstances

Visits by District Public Health Inspectors during 1961

Complaints received2,645
Complaints investigated -Visits
Whole house inspections132*
Whole house re-inspections77
Part of house inspections2,513
Part of house re-inspections8,961
House to house inspections -
Inspections341*
Re-inspections71
Infectious disease -
Investigations211
Inspection of premises65*
Re-inspections56
Smallpox contacts191
Drainage -
(a) Under notice, plans, supervision, etc.2,351
(b) Voluntary7,284
(c) New building2,531
(d) Tested -
(i) After infectious disease3
(ii) For other reasons684
Smoke control investigations66
Smoke observations61
Rent Act, 195765
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949299
Inspections re Closing or Demolition Orders1,695
* Recorded as house-to-house inspections.