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, 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. | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Part of the house in a dirty condition ... | 884 | 261 |
2 | „ ,, damp „ | 319 | 129 |
3 | Roof defective | 1040 | 365 |
4 | Guttering defective | 256 | 78 |
5 | Water fittings defective | 265 | 63 |
6 | Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation | 42 | 16 |
7 | ,, ,, so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health | 16 | 2 |
8 | Water-closet basin foul | 92 | 19 |
9 | „ ,, defective | 171 | 44 |
10 | „ ,, choked | 79 | 10 |
11 | Urinal in a foul condition | 1 | — |
12 | Privy in a foul condition | — | — |
13 | Soil pipe defective | 31 | 8 |
14 | ,, unventilated | 39 | 11 |
15 | ,, improperly ventilated | 4 | — |
16 | Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath | 2 | — |
17 | Waste pipe of sink, lavatory, or bath connected with drain | 4 | — |
18 | ,, ,, ,, defective | 122 | 41 |
19 | „ ,, „ ,, foul | 28 | 10 |
20 | Inlet of drain improperly trapped | 11 | 4 |
21 | Drain defective | 238 | 70 |
22 | ,, stopped | 131 | 16 |
23 | ,, ventilating pipe defective | 179 | |
24 | Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain | 21 | 5 |
25 | ,, defective | 220 | 52 |
26 | Unpaved condition of roadway | 1 | — |
27 | Undrained ,, ,, | 1 | — |
28 | Area or part unpaved | 6 | 1 |
29 | ,, undrained | — | — |
30 | Yard or space unpaved | 8 | 6 |
31 | ,, ,, undrained | 4 | 2 |
32 | Defective condition of washhouse paving | 135 | 44 |
33 | Dust-bin defective | 521 | 82 |
34 | ,, in an improper position | 2 | 1 |
35 | Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 40 | 6 |
30 | Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 131 | 22 |
37 | Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 20 | 2 |
38 | Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health | 16 | 4 |
39 | Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated | 143 | 35 |
40 | Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance | 7 | 2 |
41 | Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 9 | 4 |
42 | Tent, 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 ... | 2 | 1 |
43 | Other nuisances ... | 729 | 223 |
Totals | 5970 | 1687 |
Table No. 11.
Registered Tenement Houses—Breaches of By-Laws. | Intimations. | Statutory Notices. |
---|---|---|
1 Overcrowding | 4 | 3 |
2 Inadequate water supply | 2 | — |
3 Contaminated water supply | — | — |
4 Foul closet, basin or trap ... . . | 15 | 7 |
— | — | |
6 Want of annual cleansing ... | 20 | 7 |
637 | 202 | |
8 ,, ,, ,, in solo use | 816 | 248 |
9 Want of cleansing of the room or part of the dwelling | 22 | 9 |
10 Animals improperly kept | 6 | 2 |
11 Other breaches | 297 | 103 |
Totals | 1819 | 581 |