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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1894
Thirty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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24. The waste-pipe of lavatory directly connected with the drain.
25. „ „ improperly trapped.
26. „ „ untrapped.
27. „ of bath directly connected with the drain.
28. „ „ improperly trapped.
29. „ ,, untrapped.
30. The water cistern so foul as to be a nuisance.
31. „ „ being without a close-fitting cover.
32. „ „ being placed in an improper position.
33. „ „ defective.
34. An accumulation or deposit of refuse injurious to health by reason of the want of a
proper dustbin or ashpit.
35. The dustbin or ashpit defective.
36. ,, „ placed in an improper position.
37. The drain foul.
38. „ defective.
39. „ choked or stopped.
40. ,, unventilated.
41. The rainwater pipe in direct communication with the drain.
42. „ „ in direct communication with the soil-pipe.
43. „ „ defective.
44. The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is
used for flushing the W.C.
45. The house without a proper water supply.
46. The roof defective.
47. The guttering defective.
48. The area improperly paved.
49. „ dirty.
50. „ undrained.
51. The paving of the washhouse defective.
52. The back addition walls defective.
53. The want of a proper manure receptacle.
54. The Bakehouse walls dirty.
55. An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance.
56. The house or part of the house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to
the health of the inmates.
57. An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act.
58. A tent, van, shed, or similar structure used for human habitation which is in such a
state as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates.
59. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilated.
60. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or
sufficiently ventilated.
NOTICE TO HOUSEHOLDERS, BUILDERS AND OTHERS.
Attention is directed to Section 42 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891
"If a water-closet or drain is so constructed or repaired as to be a nuisance or
injurious or dangerous to health, the person who undertook or executed such construction