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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 1916
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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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 ,, ,, not separate for sexes | 10 |
| 7 Want of drainage of floors | — |
| 8 Other nuisances | 53 |
| 9 Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | _ |
| 10 Breach of speoial 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 I, . ii ii infected | — |
| 14 Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small-pox | __ |
| 15 Other contraventions | - |
| Total | 497 |
Table No. 12.
| Breaches of other Statutes and Statutory By-laws. | Whole Borough. |
|---|---|
| 1a 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 |
| 4 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 |
| 6 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—absence 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—absence 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 |