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St Pancras 1908

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

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Intimations as to Nuisances served by Sanitary Inspectors during 1908.

Schedule of Nuisances.Totals.
1Part of the house in a dirty condition621
2,, ,, damp „97
3Roof defective348
4Guttering defective60
5Water fittings defective173
6Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation64
7„ „ so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health28
8Water-closet basin foul155
9,, „ defective125
10,, ,, choked152
11Urinal in a foul condition5
12Privy in a foul condition1
13Soil pipe defective58
14,, unventilated58
15„ improperly ventilated15
16Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath7
17Waste pipe of sink, lavatory or bath connected with drain40
18„ „ ,, defective59
19„ „ foul21
20Inlet of drain improperly trapped30
21Drain defective334
22,, stopped132
23,, ventilating pipe defective28
24Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain64
25„ ,, defective90
26Unpaved condition of roadway1
27Undrained „ „
28Area or part unpaved1
29„ undrained2
30Yard or space unpaved20
31,, „ undrained10
32Defective condition of washhouse paving90
33Dust-bin defective309
34„ in an improper position4
35Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health50
36Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health.265
37Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health26
38Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health90
39Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated15
40Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance3
41Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health6
42Tent, 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_
43Other nuisancesIS!)
Total3851