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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Intimations
Schedule of Nuisances. | Totals. | |
---|---|---|
1 | Part of the house in a dirty condition | 621 |
2 | ,, ,, damp „ | 97 |
3 | Roof defective | 348 |
4 | Guttering defective | 60 |
5 | Water fittings defective | 173 |
6 | Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation | 64 |
7 | „ „ so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health | 28 |
8 | Water-closet basin foul | 155 |
9 | ,, „ defective | 125 |
10 | ,, ,, choked | 152 |
11 | Urinal in a foul condition | 5 |
12 | Privy in a foul condition | 1 |
13 | Soil pipe defective | 58 |
14 | ,, unventilated | 58 |
15 | „ improperly ventilated | 15 |
16 | Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath | 7 |
17 | Waste pipe of sink, lavatory or bath connected with drain | 40 |
18 | „ „ ,, defective | 59 |
19 | „ „ foul | 21 |
20 | Inlet of drain improperly trapped | 30 |
21 | Drain defective | 334 |
22 | ,, stopped | 132 |
23 | ,, ventilating pipe defective | 28 |
24 | Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain | 64 |
25 | „ ,, defective | 90 |
26 | Unpaved condition of roadway | 1 |
27 | Undrained „ „ | — |
28 | Area or part unpaved | 1 |
29 | „ undrained | 2 |
30 | Yard or space unpaved | 20 |
31 | ,, „ undrained | |
32 | Defective condition of washhouse paving | 90 |
33 | Dust-bin defective | 309 |
34 | „ in an improper position | 4 |
35 | Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 50 |
36 | Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health. | 265 |
Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 26 | |
38 | Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health | 90 |
39 | Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated | 15 |
40 | Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance | 3 |
41 | Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 6 |
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 | |
Total | 3851 |