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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 1964

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

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Table: The following table gives a summary of this branch of the work of the department during the past nine years:-

The following table gives a summary of this branch of the work of the department during the past nine years:-

195619571958195919601961196219631964
Number of complaints received4,9193,8653,5663, 1903,2492,6452,7302,8322,314
Number of visits37,48837,60836,65133,87031,97932,56433,73532,14427,749
Intimation notices served3,5062,6562,4492,0802,2401,8781,9562,5081,468
Statutory notices served1,7031,1711,0949961,0478741,1371,166764
Number of summonses1046250565977576778
Costs and/or fines865541374552323243
Amount of fines£306£203£106£122£120£167£60£64£209
Amount of costs£212£122£86£79£90£141£75£79£85

Table: The above summonses were taken under the following statutes or regulations:-

The above summonses were taken under the following statutes or regulations:-

195619571958195919601961196219631964
Public Health (London) Act, 1936986043503759415267
L.C.C. Lodging House By-lavs---------
L.C.C. Water Closet By-lavs-----4---
L.C.C. Drainage By-laws2254211214910
Housing Act, 1936-19574-21-1211
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1954---111-4-
Factories Act, 1961--------1

Table: Work by Borough Council in default of owners:-

Work by Borough Council in default of owners:-

195619571958195919601961196219631964
Public Health (London) Act, 1936-
Schedule 5Cases8104565469
Cost£1,287£1,160£414£458£921£541£440£281£1,304
Section 40Cases258783799
Cost£206£942£9221,209£1,294£684£1,240£1,350£1,618
L.C. C. (General Powers) Act. 1955-
Section 25Cases101926302933378343
Cost£23£34£67£115£255£74£97£245£84
Section 27Cases6112420241282214
Cost£161£163£380£283£665£223£167£398£63
TotalsCases2645626267535612075
Cost£1,677£2,299£1,783£2,065£3,135£1,522£1,944£2,274£3,069