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]
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Table No. 9.
Intimations
Schedule of Nuisances. | Whole Borough. |
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1 Part of the house in a dirty condition | 427 |
2 „ „ damp „ | 110 |
3 Roof defective | 550 |
4 Guttering defective | 55 |
5 Water fittings defective | 191 |
6 Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation | 12 |
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8 Water-closet basin foul | 56 |
9 „ ,, defective | 70 |
10 „ ,, choked | 114 |
11 Urinal in a foul condition | |
12 Privy in a foul condition | 1 |
13 Soil pipe defective | 17 |
14 ,, unventilated | 3 |
15 ,, improperly ventilated | 6 |
16 Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath | 2 |
17 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory, or bath connected with drain | 3 |
18 ,, ,, „ ,, defective | 51 |
19 ,, ,, „ ,, foul | 10 |
20 Inlet of drain improperly trapped | 5 |
21 Drain defective | 79 |
22 ,, stopped | 129 |
23 ,, ventilating pipe defective | 15 |
24 Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain | 9 |
25 ,, ,, defective | 77 |
26 Unpaved condition of roadway | |
27 Undrained ,, ,, | |
28 Area or part unpaved | 1 |
29 ,, undrained | 4 |
30 Yard or space unpaved | 2 |
31 ,, ,, undrained | 2 |
32 Defective condition of washhouse paving | |
33 Dust-bin defective | 70 |
34 ,, in an improper position | — |
35 Accumulation of stagnant water which is anuisance dangerous to health | 27 |
36 Accumulation or deposit which is anuisance dangerous to health | 102 |
37 Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 10 |
38 Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health | 28 |
39 Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated | 7 |
40 Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance | — |
41 Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 2 |
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 | 269 |
Total | 2583 |
Table No. 10.
Registered Tenement Houses—Breaches of By-Laws. | Whole Borough. |
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1 Overcrowding | 10 |
2 Inadequate water supply | |
3 Contaminated water supply | |
4 Foul closet, basin or trap | 2 |
5 Want of means of ventilation | |
6 Want of annual cleansing | 2 |
7 Want of cleansing of the part or parts of premises used in common | 88 |
8 ,, ,, ,, in sole use | 109 |
9 Want of cleansing of the room or part of the dwelling | 24 |
10 Animals improperly kept | |
11 Other breaches | 2 |
Total | 237 |