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St Pancras 1920

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

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Table: Tajsle No. 13.

Tajsle No. 13.

Factories, Workshops and Work Places—Breaches of Statutes.Intimations.Statutory Notices.
1 Want of cleanliness10814
2 Want of ventilation__
3 Want of air space, overcrowding1—
4 Sanitary accommodation, absent or insufficient126
5 ,, ,, unsuitable or defective5015
6 ,, ,, not separate for sexes173
7 Want of drainage of floors2_
8 Other nuisances13322
9 Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse.1—
10 Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses.1071
11 Failure as regards list of outworkers——
12 Giving out work to be done in premises which are unwholesome——
13 ,, ., ,, infected——
14 Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small-pox ...--
15 Other contraventions 324
Total
46365

Table: Table No. 14.

Table No. 14.

Braiches of other Statutes and Statutory By-laws.Intimations.Statutory Notices.
1 An occupied house without a proper and sufficient supply of water13i
2 Water supply used for domestic purposes connected with cistern which is used for flushing the water-closet1
3 Water-closet not supplied with a sufficient quantity of water for securing its effective action22168
4 Tank, cistern, or other receptacle for storing of water used or likely to ba used by man for drinking purposes—dirty condition of377
5 Tank, cistern, or other receptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes—absence of a proper cover to ...2710
6 Tank, cistern, or other recsptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes placed in an improper position ...31
7 Animals so kept as to be likely to pollute the water supply1—
8 Offensive matters not deposited in manure receptacle4—
9 Manure not removed at proper intervals1—
10 Mauure— absence of proper receptacle for1—
11 Manure receptacle not properly constructed——
12 Sufficient drain to stables or cowshed—absence of a21
13 Receptacle for house refuse—absence of a proper412143
14 Receptacle for house refuse—absence of a proper cover for112
15 Yard or open space un payed1—
16 ,, paving defective18994
17 Insu tieienc water-closet accommodation to " lodging house "3020
18 A furnac3 improperly constructed or negligently used ...——
19 Effluvia arising from premises used for trade, business, or manufacture which is a nuisance dangerous to the inhabitants of the district2
20 Offensive matters suffered to run out of trade premises into an uncovered place
21 Dairies and cowsheds—breach of By-laws as to——
22 Slaughterhouses—breach of By-laws as to——
23 Stea.n whistle—use of a without authority ...——
24 Parts of houses infested with vermin requiring stripping, purifying, and cleansing:398186
25 Articles in an unwholesome condition requiring to be purified or destroyed124
26 Underground room illegally occupied as a dwelling188
27 Other breaches7731
Total1461670