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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Water Supply to Tenement Houses,—Under Part IV., § 3 (b), of the Annual
Reports for 1907 and 1908 reference was made to Section 78 of the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907, empowering the Sanitary
Authority to require water to be supplied on the storey or one of the storeys
in which the rooms or lodgings in the separate occupation of each family are
situate in a tenement house.
Total number of Applications and Plans | 673 | |
Number of Applications without Plans | 237 | |
Number of Plans | 436 | |
Plans— Old Buildings under Notice | 181 | 436 |
Plans—Old Buildings, Voluntary | 213 | |
Plans —New Buildings and additions | 42 |
After Infectious Disease. | Upon Complaint. | Upon systematic Inspection | Old Buildings. | New Buildings at completion of work. | Total. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At commencement of work. | At completion of work. | ||||||||
By Grenade. | 1. Defects found | 109 | 141 | 2 | ... | 15 | ... | 267 | |
2. No result | 678 | 234 | 10 | ... | 67 | ... | 989 | ||
3. Total | 787 | 375 | 12 | ... | 82 | ... | 1256 | ||
By Exposure by the Department. | 1. Defects found | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
2. No result | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
3. Total | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
By Smoke. | 1. Defects localised | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
2. No result | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 6 | ||
3. Total | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 6 | ||
By Water. | l. Not found water-tight | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 112 | 42 | 155 | |
2. Found water-tight | ... | ... | ... | ... | 988 | 217 | 1205 | ||
3. Total | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1100 | 259 | 1360 | ||
Sum Total | 109 | 142 | 2 | ... | 127 | 42 | 422 | sum Total | |
673 | 234 | 10 | ... | 1061 | 217 | 2200 | |||
787 | 370 | 12 | ... | 1188 | 259 | 2622 |