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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 1896
Report by the Medical Officer of Health upon bye-laws for houses let in lodgings or tenement-houses
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Table No. 11.
| Factories, Workshops and Work Places—Breaches of Statutes. | Whole Borough, | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Want of cleanliness | 71 |
| 2 | Want of ventilation | 1 |
| 3 | Want of air space, overcrowding | — |
| 4 | Sanitary accommodation, absent or insufficient | 8 |
| 5 | ,, „ unsuitable or defective | 222 |
| 6 | ,, ,i not separate for sexes | 10 |
| 7 | Want of drainage of floors | — |
| 8 | Other nuisances | 53 |
| 9 | Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | — |
| 10 | Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 132 |
| 11 | Failure as regards list of outworkers | — |
| 12 | Giving out work to be done in premises which are unwholesome | — |
| 13 | „ „ „ infected | — |
| 14 | Allowing wearing apparel to bo made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small-pox | — |
| 15 | Other contraventions | — |
| Total | 497 | |
Table No. 12.
| Breaohes of other Statutes and Statutory By-laws. | Whole Borough. | |
|---|---|---|
| la | An occupied house without a proper and sufficient supply of water(1907 Act, Sec.78) | — |
| 1b | ,, ,, „ ,, (other than above) | 13 |
| 2 | Water supply used for domestic purposes connected with cistern which is used for flushing the water-closet | — |
| 3 | Water-closet not supplied with a sufficient quantity of water for securing its effective action | 132 |
| Tank, cistern, or other receptacle for storing of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes—dirty condition of | 12 | |
| 5 | Tank, cistern, or other receptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes—absence of a proper cover to | 13 |
| Tank, cistern, or other receptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes placed in an improper position | — | |
| 7 | Animals so kept as to be likely to pollute the water supply | — |
| 8 | Offensive matters not deposited in manure receptacle | 3 |
| 9 | Manure not removed at proper intervals | 14 |
| 10 | Manure—absenoe of proper receptacle for | 6 |
| 11 | Manure receptacle not properly constructed | — |
| 12 | Sufficient drain to stables or cowshed—absence of a | — |
| 13 | Receptacle for house refuse—absence of a proper | 146 |
| 14 | Receptacle for house refuse—absenoe of a proper cover for | 7 |
| 15 | Yard or open space unpaved | 4 |
| 16 | ,, paving defective | 64 |
| 17 | Insufficient water-closet accommodation to "lodging house" | 25 |
| 18 | A furnace improperly constructed or negligently used | — |
| 19 | Effluvia arising from premises used for trade, business, or manufacture which is a nuisance dangerous to the inhabitants of the district | — |
| 20 | Offensive matters suffered to run out of trade premises into an uncovered place | — |
| 21 | Dairies and cowsheds—breach of By-laws as to | 2 |
| 22 | Slaughterhouses—breach of By-laws as to | 1 |
| 23 | Steam whistle—use of a, without authority | 1 |
| 24 | Parts of houses infested with vermin requiring stripping, purifying, and cleansing | 128 |
| 25 | Articles in an unwholesome condition requiring to be purified or destroyed | — |
| 26 | Underground room illegally occupied as a dwelling | 9 |
| 27 | Other breaches | 36 |
| Total | 616 | |