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St Pancras 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Table: Table No. 12. Intimations as to Breaches of By-laws and Breaches of Statutes served by the Sanitary Inspecter during 1915.

Table No. 12. Intimations as to Breaches of By-laws and Breaches of Statutes served by the Sanitary Inspecter during 1915.

cRegistered Tenement Houses—Breaches of By-Laws,Inspectors.Mr. Rackham.Mr. Brown.Mr. Pottier.Mr. Dillon.Mr. James.Mr. Akers.Mr. Lonnon.Mr. Adkins.Mr. Holmes.Mr. Walker.Mr. Landen.Mr. West.Mr. Auger.Mr. Child.Miss Bibby.Miss Smith.Totals.
1Overcrowding2-1--3—542------17
2Inadequate water supply-----2----------2
3Contaminated water supply-----------------
4Foul closet, basin or trap——3——————36——-——12
5Want of means of ventilation—————————————————
6Want of annual cleansing——————————52—————52
7Want of cleansing of the part or parts of premises used in common7—57—34—10106045—1-——197
8,, ,, „ in sole use10—36—47—565621—2———147
9Want of cleansing of the room or part of the dwelling1————2—21131—————38
10Animals improperly kept—————————————————
11Other breaches—————————1——————1
Totals20—97—718—2221123155—3———466

Table: Table No. 13.

Table No. 13.

DFactories, Workshops and Work Places-Breaches of Statutes.Inspectors.Mr. Rackham.Mr. Brown.Mr. Pottier.Mr. Dillon.Mr. James.Mr. Akers.Mr. Lonnon.Mr. Adkins.Mr. Holmes.Mr. Walker.Mr. Landen.Mr. West.Mr. Auger.Mr. Child.Miss Bibby.Miss Smith.Totals.
lWant of cleanliness-----------157----157
2Want of ventilation-----------1----1
3Want of air space, overcrowding-----------1----1
4Sanitary accommodation, absent or insufficient-----------18----18
5,, ,, unsuitable or defective-----------1----1
6,, ,, not separate for sexes-----------10----10
7Want of drainage of floors-----------4----4
8Other nuisances-----------67----57
9Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse----------------
10Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses-----------------
11Failure as regards list of outworkers-----------------
12Giving out work to be done in premises which are unwholesome-----------------
13,, ,, ,, infected-----------------
14Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small-pox-----------------
15Other contraventions----------------10
Totals----------------259