Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Table 13
Intimations
Schedule of Nuisances. | Inspectors. 1 | h. j. G. | E. G. H. | E. E. J. | A. L. L. | W.W. | G. h. W. | Total. |
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1 Part of the house in a dirty condition | ... | 167 | 6 | ... | ... | 173 | ||
2 Part of the house in a damp condition | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
3 Roof defective | ... | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | ||
4 Guttering defective | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ||
5 Water fittings defective | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
6 Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
7 Water-closet apartment so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||
8 Water-closet basin foul | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ||
9 Water-closet basin defective | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ||
10 Water-closet basin choked | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||
11 Urinal in a foul condition | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
12 Privy in a foul condition | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
13 Soil pipe defective | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
14 Soil pipe unventilated | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
15 Soil pipe improperly ventilated | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ||
16 Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
17 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory or bath connected with drain | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ||
18 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory or bath defective | ... | ... | See Tenement Houses W. & S. | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
19 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory or bath foul | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
20 Inlet of drain improperly trapped | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ||
21 Drain defective | ... | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | ||
22 Drain stopped | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||
23 Drain ventilating pipe defective | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
24 Rainwater pipe in direct communication with drain | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ||
25 Rainwater pipe defective | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ||
26 Unpaved condition of roadway | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
27 Undrained condition of roadway | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
28 Area or part unpaved | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
29 Area undrained | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
30 Yard or space unpaved | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
31 Yard or space undrained | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
32 Defective condition of washhouse paving | ... | 19 | ... | ... | ... | 19 | ||
33 Dustbin defective | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ||
34 Dustbin in an improper position | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
35 Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
36 Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
37 Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
38 Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health | ... | 49 | 72 | ... | 10 | 131 | ||
39 Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
40 Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
41 Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
42 Tent, van, shed or similar structure used as a human habitation which is in such a state as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
43 Other nuisances | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Totals | ... | 322 | 78 | ... | 10 | 410 . |