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St Pancras 1926

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

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Table No. 10.—Intimations as to Nuisances and Breaches of Statutes and By-laics served by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1926. and the resulting Statutory Notices in 1926 and the early part of 1927.

Schedule of Nuisances.Intimations.Statutory Notices.
1Part of the house in a dirty condition ...884261
2„ ,, damp „319129
3Roof defective1040365
4Guttering defective25678
5Water fittings defective26563
6Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation4216
7,, ,, so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health162
8Water-closet basin foul9219
9„ ,, defective17144
10„ ,, choked7910
11Urinal in a foul condition1
12Privy in a foul condition
13Soil pipe defective318
14,, unventilated3911
15,, improperly ventilated4
16Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath2
17Waste pipe of sink, lavatory, or bath connected with drain4
18,, ,, ,, defective12241
19„ ,, „ ,, foul2810
20Inlet of drain improperly trapped114
21Drain defective23870
22,, stopped13116
23,, ventilating pipe defective17948
24Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain215
25,, defective22052
26Unpaved condition of roadway1
27Undrained ,, ,,1
28Area or part unpaved61
29,, undrained
30Yard or space unpaved86
31,, ,, undrained42
32Defective condition of washhouse paving13544
33Dust-bin defective52182
34,, in an improper position21
35Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health406
30Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health13122
37Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health202
38Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health164
39Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated14335
40Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance72
41Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health94
42Tent, vanished, 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 ...21
43Other nuisances ...729223
Totals59701687

Table No. 11.

Registered Tenement Houses—Breaches of By-Laws.Intimations.Statutory Notices.
1 Overcrowding43
2 Inadequate water supply2
3 Contaminated water supply
4 Foul closet, basin or trap ... . .157
6 Want of annual cleansing ...207
637202
8 ,, ,, ,, in solo use816248
9 Want of cleansing of the room or part of the dwelling229
10 Animals improperly kept62
11 Other breaches297103
Totals1819581