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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 Breaches of Statutes and Statutory By-laws served by the Sanitary Inspectors during1908.

Breaches of Statutes and Statutory By-laws.Totals.
1An occupied house without a proper and sufficient supply of water18
2Water supply used for domestic purposes connected with cistern which is used for flushing the water-closet11
3Water-closet not supplied with a sufficient quantity- of water for securing its effective action309
4Tank, cistern or other receptacle for storing of water used or likely to he used by man for drinking purposes,—dirty condition of50
5Tank, cistern or other receptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes, — absence of proper cover to51
6Tank, cistern or other receptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes, placed in an improper position8
7Animals so kept as to be likely to pollute the water supp y
8Offensive matters not deposited in manure receptacle2
9Manure not removed at proper intervals11
10Manure, absence of proper receptacle for21
11Manure receptacle not properly constructed5
12Sufficient drain to stables, or cowshed—absence of a3
13Receptacle for house refuse—absence of a proper208
14Receptacle for house refuse - absence of a proper cover for33
15Yard or open space unpaved11
16,, paving defective192
17Underground room illegally used for sleeping purposes87
18Insufficient water-closet accommodation to "lodging house"47
19A furnace improperly constructed or negligently used
20Effluvia arising from premises used for trade, business, or manufacture, which is a nuisance dangerous to the inhabitants of the district1
21Offensive matters suffered to run out of trade premises into an uncovered place
22Dairies and cowsheds,—breach of By-laws as to1
23Slaughterhouses,—breach of By-laws as to1
24Steam whistle, —use of a, without authority
25Parts of houses infested with vermin requiring stripping, purifying and cleansing217
26Articles in an unwholesome condition requiring to be purified or destroyed1
27Other breaches65
Total1353