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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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thoroughly cleansable; the last kind is the least healthy, because it is the
most absorbent, and the most friable; the other two occupy intermediate
positions.
The more dense and impervious the wood blocks used for road-paving, and
the more watertight the jointing, the less unhealthy such a road becomes.
The three disadvantages to be corrected are leakage between the blocks and
absorbability and friability of the wood.
Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the Metropolis
Local Management Acts.
| Situation of Property. | Offence. | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|---|
| 209, Albany Street | Unlawfully fixing a water-closet basin and trap without notice to the Sanitarv Authority. | Fined £1, and costs 2s. |
| Queen's Crescent | Unlawfully exposing for sale 7 lbs. of mutton, and 5½ lbs. of beef, unfit for the food of man. | Fined £2, and costs 5s. |
| 14, Retcar Street | Guttering defective. | Summons withdrawn, nuisance abated, costs £1 4s. |
| 16, Retcar Street | Sink, waste and rain-water pipes defective. | Do. do. |
| 11, Hampden Street | Failing to remove manure and other refuse matter from cowshed. | Fined £5, and costs 2s. |
| 15, Dukes Road | Water-closet foul and defective. | Abatement order within 7 days, costs £1 6s. |
| 30, Tavistock Place | House without a proper and sufficient supply of water. | Closing order forthwith, costs 6s. |
| 40, Colva Street | "Water - closet stopped, and with a deficient supply of water. | Abatement order within one week, costs £1 6s. |
| 25, Gordon Street. | Drain foul and defective, and absence of a proper dust receptacle. | Nuisance abated, summons withdrawn, costs £2 2s. |
| Imperial Steam Laundry, Ingestre Road | Chimney of laundry sending forth black smoke. | Summons withdrawn,defend-auts not legally constituted a company under the Joint S'ock Companies Acts. |
| 66, Southampton Rd. | House or part damp, and ground floor space improperly ventilated. | Abatement order within 28 days, costs £1 3s. |
| 68, „ „ | Do. do. | Do. costs 2s. |