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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A | Schedule of Nuisances. | Districts and Inspectors. | N. 1. G. R. | N. 2 & 3. W. L. B. | N. 4 A 5. b.h.t.&p.w.p. | E. 1, 2 & 3. E. J. D. | E. 6. EE."J. | W. 1 & 2. H.G.W.&R.C.A. | VV. 3 & 4. J. I. L. | W. 5. G. W. A. | S. 1 & 2. E. G. H. | S. 3 & part S, 4 A. H. W. | S 1. R. C. A. | S. 5 & part S. 4 j. l, | Factories & Work shops. H.G.W. | Food Inspectors. | Whole Borough Women. | Totals. | |||
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hi. 4 & part of Wd.3. W.G.A. | N. & E. H. R. C. | W. & S. J. 0. | |||||||||||||||||||
M. E. B | c. s. | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 Part of the house in a dirty condition | 7 | 56 | 61 | 66 | 69 | 110 | 84 | 81 | 57 | 38 | 16 | 44 | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 698 | ||
2 ,, damp ,, | 16 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 66 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 200 | ||
3 Roof defective | 24 | 28 | 36 | 13 | 24 | 76 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | 315 | ||
4 Guttering defective | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 45 | ||
5 Water fittings defective | 5 | 14 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 28 | , 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | - | - | -- | - | 121 | ||
6 Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | ||
7 „ ,, so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health | - | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 31 | |||
8 Water-closet basin foul | 3 | - | 13 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 103 | ||
9 ,, „ defective | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | 87 | ||||
10 ,, ,, choked | 11 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 117 | ||
11 Urinal in a foul condition | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
12 Privy in a foul condition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
13 Soil pipe defective | 13 | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 52 | ||
]4 ,, unventilated | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | ||
15 ,, improperly ventilated | 3 | 8 | - | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | ||
16 Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
17 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory, or bath connected with drain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 21 | ||
18 ,, ,, ,, ,, defective | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 | - | 12 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 63 | ||
19 ,, ,, ,, ,, foul | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 21 | ||
20 Inlet of drain improperly trapped | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 17 | ||
21 Drain defective | 22 | 32 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 64 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 247 | ||
22 ,, stopped | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | - | 2 | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | 106 | ||
23 ,, ventilating pipe defective | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 7 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 51 | ||
24 Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain | 5 | 6 | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 29 | ||
25 ,, ,, defective | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 15 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 76 | ||
26 Unpaved condition of roadway | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
27 Undrained ,, ,, | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
28 Area or part unpaved | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 12 | ||
29 ,, undrained | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |||
30 Yard or space unpaved | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | ||
31 ,, ,, undrained | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||||
32 Defective condition of washhouse paving | 7 | 4 | 5 | - | 5 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | 95 | ||
33 Dust-bin defective | 5 | 16 | 24 | 27 | 34 | 58 | 18 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 289 | ||
34 ,, in an improper position | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | ~ | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
35 Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 17 | |||
36 Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 19 | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | 168 | ||
37 Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangeious to health | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 21 | ||
38 Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health | - | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 9 | - | 25 | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 58 | ||
39 Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | i | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 27 | ||
40 Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity is to be a nuisance | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
41 Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
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 | 35 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 44 | 10 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 226 | ||
Totals | 217 | 257 | 316 | 223 | 275 | 626 | 221 | 335 | 196 | 191 | 119 | 227 | 39 | 171 | - | - | 2 | - | 3415 |