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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 1919
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1919
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Table No. 13.
| Factories, Workshops and Work Places—Breaches of Statutes. | Intimations. | Statutory Notices. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Want of cleanliness | 92 | 34 |
| 2 Want of ventilation | 1 | — |
| 3 Want of air space, overcrowding | — | — |
| 4 Sanitary accommodation, absent or insufficient | 7 | 2 |
| 5 ,, „ unsuitable or defective | 154 | 25 |
| 6 ,, ,, not separate for sexes | 5 | 2 |
| 7 Want of drainage of floors | — | — |
| 8 Other nuisances | 114 | 20 |
| 9 Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | 2 | — |
| 10 Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 130 | 6 |
| 11 Failure as regards list of outworkers | — | — |
| 12 Giving out work to be done in premises which are unwholesome | — | — |
| 13 „ ,, infected | — | – |
| 14 Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small pox | –_ | – |
| 15 Other contraventions | 10 | 2 |
| Total | 515 | 91 |
Table No. 14.
| Breaches of other Statutes and Statutory By-laws. | Intimations. | Statutory Notices. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 An occupied house without a proper and sufficient supply of water | 19 | 6 |
| 2 Water supply used for domestic purposes connected with cistern which is used for flushing the water-closet | _ | – |
| 3 Water-closet not supplied with a sufficient quantity of water for securing its effective action | 218 | 76 |
| 4 Tank, cistern, or other receptacle for storing of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes—dirty condition of | 31 | 10 |
| 5 Tank, cistern, or other receptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes—absence of a proper cover to | 28 | 13 |
| 6 Tank, cistern, or other receptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes placed in an improper position | 1 | – |
| 7 Animals so kept as to be likely to pollute the water supply | 1 | — |
| 8 Offensive matters not deposited in manure receptacle | 4 | — |
| 9 Manure not removed at proper intervals | 4 | — |
| 10 Mauure—absence of proper receptacle for | 5 | 1 |
| 11 Manure receptacle not properly constructed | — | — |
| 12 Sufficient drain to stables or cowshed—absence of a | 1 | — |
| 13 Receptacle for house refuse—absence of a proper | 315 | 151 |
| 14 Receptacle for house refuse—absence of a proper cover for | 9 | i |
| 15 Yard or open space unpaved | 2 | – |
| 16 ,, paving defective | 108 | 55 |
| 17 Insufficient water-closet accommodation to "lodging house" | 20 | 12 |
| 18 A furnace improperly constructed or negligently used | 1 | — |
| 19 Effluvia arising from premises used for trade, business, or manufacture which is a nuisance dangerous to the inhabitants of the district | 1 | – |
| 20 Offensive matters suffered to run out of trade premises into an uncovered place | – | |
| 21 Dairies and cowsheds—breach of By-laws as to | — | — |
| 22 Slaughterhouses—breach of By-laws as to | 1 | — |
| 23 Steam whistle—use of a. without authority | 1 | — |
| 24 Parts of houses infested with vermin requiring stripping, purifying, and cleansing | 289 | 130 |
| 25 Articles in an unwholesome condition requiring to be purified or destroyed | 5 | 2 |
| 26 Underground room illegally occupied as a dwelling | 4 | 1 |
| 27 Other breaches | 47 | 24 |
| Total | 1115 | 482 |