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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
St Pancras 1918
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1918
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Table No. 9.
| Schedule of Nuisances. | Whole Borough. |
|---|---|
| 1 Part of the house in a dirty condition | |
| 3 Roof defective | 605 |
| 4 Guttering defective | 98 |
| 5 Water fittings defective | |
| 6 Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation | |
| 7 „ ,, so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health | |
| 8 Water-closet basin foul | 93 |
| 9 ,, ,, defective | 99 |
| 10 ,, ,, choked | 108 |
| 11 Urinal in a foul condition | 1 |
| 12 Privy in a foul condition | 1 |
| 13 Soil pipe defective | 10 |
| 14 ,, unventilated | 8 |
| 15 ,, improperly ventilated | 1 |
| 16 Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath | |
| 17 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory, or bath connected with drain | |
| 18 ,, ,, ,, ,, defective | 87 |
| 19 „ „ „ „ foul | |
| 20 Inlet of drain improperly trapped | 6 |
| 21 Drain defective | 43 |
| 22 ,, stopped | 131 |
| 23 ,, ventilating pipe defective | 18 |
| 24 Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain | |
| 25 ,, ,, defective | 157 |
| 26 Unpaved condition of roadway | — |
| 27 Undrained ,, ,, | — |
| 28 Area or part unpaved | — |
| 29 ,, undrained | — |
| 30 Yard or space unpaved | 1 |
| 31 ,, ,, undrained | 2 |
| 32 Detective condition of washhouse paving | 18 |
| 33 Dust-bin defective | 168 |
| 34 „ in an improper position | 1 |
| 35 Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health | |
| 36 Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 88 |
| 37 Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health | |
| 38 Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health | |
| 39 Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated | 11 |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | 1 |
| 43 Other nuisances | |
| Total | 3382 |
| Registered Tenement Houses—Breaches of By-Laws. | Whole Borough. |
|---|---|
| 1 Overcrowding | 2 |
| 2 Inadequate water supply | — |
| 3 Contaminated water supply | — |
| 4 Foul closet, basin or trap | 5 |
| 5 Want of means of ventilation | — |
| 6 Want of annual cleansing | — |
| 7 Want of cleansing of the part or parts of premises used in common | 89 |
| 8 ,, ,, ,, in sole use | 136 |
| 9 Want of cleansing of the room or part of the dwelling | 7 |
| Animals improperly kept | — |
| 11 Other breaches | |
| Total | 242 |