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St Pancras 1895

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

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Table: Table 10.Sanitary WorkAccomplished During the year ending December 28th,1895.

Table 10.

Sanitary WorkAccomplished During the year ending December 28th,1895.

No. of Complaints received2971
No. of Dust Complaints received425
No. of Houses, Premises, &c., Inspected25019
No. of Re-inspections after Order or Notice16294
Cautionary Notices issued for Sanitary Amendments3786
Statutory Notices of intention to proceed served490
Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses40
Houses, Premises, &c., cleansed, white-washed, and repaired437
Rooms and contents Disinfected after Infectious Disease1379
Water Supply, for domestic purposes provided103
,, ,, Cisterns cleansed, repaired, and covered74
„ ,, Overflow pipes connected with drains, &c., abolished179
,, ,, New Cisterns provided3
,, ,, Draw-off Taps provided on Supply Pipes60
,, ,, re-instated after being cut off291
Water-closets repaired, cleansed473
,, ,, basins supplied with water131
,, ,, ventilated25
,, „ new provided102
House Drains tested1944
,, „ repaired156
,, ,, trapped119
,, ,, ventilated322
,, ,, disconnected from sewer224
,, ,, re-constructed61
„ ,, new provided471
,, ,, cesspools abolished7
Yard Paving repaired131
,, ,, new provided16
Dust-bins repaired, covered37
„ „ new provided115
Manure-bins provided30
Removal of over-crowding51
,, ,, refuse, dung, stagnant water110
,, ,, animals improperly kept17
Underground rooms discontinued as dwellings18
Smoke Nuisances suppressed3
Number of Promises.Inspected.
Regular Inspections of Dwelling Houses registered under the 94th Section of the Public Health (Loudon) Act, 1891126Yearly
Regular Inspections of Common Lodging Houses25,,
,, „ Licensed Slaughter-houses25Fortnightly
,, ,, „ Cowsheds25,,
,, ,, Bake-houses196Half-yearly
,, ,, Markets and Market Streets36Daily
„ „ Mews and Stable Yards...170Fortnightly