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. |
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1 Part of the house in a dirty condition | 626 |
2 „ „ damp | 76 |
3 Hoof defective | 309 |
4 Guttering defective | 56 |
5 Water fittings defective | 158 |
6 Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation | 64 |
7 „ „ so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health | 49 |
8 Water-closet basin foul | 146 |
9 „ „ defective | 84 |
10 „ „ choked | 178 |
11 Urinal in a foul condition | 15 |
12 Privy in a foul condition | — |
13 Soil pipe defective | 37 |
14 ,, unventilated | 37 |
15 ,, improperly ventilated | 11 |
16 Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory, or bath | 5 |
17 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory, or bath connected with drain | 15 |
18 ,, „ ,, defective | 62 |
19 „ „ „ foul | 36 |
20 Inlet of drain improperly trapped | 43 |
21 Drain defective . | 278 |
22 stopped | 156 |
23 ,, ventilating pipe defective | 41 |
24 Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain | 34 |
25 „ ,, defective | 85 |
20 Unpaved condition of roadway | 1 |
27 Undrained „ „ | — |
28 Area or part unpaved | 9 |
29 „ undrained | 1 |
30 Yard or space unpaved | 8 |
31 ,, „ undrained | 5 |
32 Defective condition of washhouse paving | 49 |
33 Dust-bin defective | 285 |
34 „ in an improper position | 1 |
35 Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 39 |
36 Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health. . | 212 |
37 Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 29 |
38 Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health | 98 |
39 Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated | 17 |
40 Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance | 5 |
41 Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 10 |
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 | 223 |
Total | 3593 |