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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 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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18 Factory, workshop or workplace not provided with sufficient or suitable
accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences.
19 Factory, workshop or workplace not provided with proper separate
accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences for each sex.
20 Insufficient water-closet accommodation to " lodging-house."
21 Surfaces of rooms, passages and staircases of the bakehouse not painted,
lime-washed or cleansed.
22 A furnace improperly constructed or negligently used.
23 Effluvia arising from premised used for trade, business or manufacture
which is a nuisance dangerous to the inhabitants of the district.
24 Dirty condition of cowshed.
25 Dirty condition of slaughterhouse or lair.
26 Use of a steam whistle.
27 Other breaches.
Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the Housing or the Working Classes Act, 1890, and the Metropolis Local Management Acts.
| Situation of Property. | Offenoe. | Result of Proceeding*. |
|---|---|---|
| 62, Leverton Street.. | Inlet of surface drain improperly trapped, water closet defective, soil pipe defective and improperly ventilated, sink waste connected to drain, and drain defective. | Abatement order within 21 days, costs £1 7s. |
| 24, Seymour Street.. | Exposing for sale 1½ pig's heads, the same being unsound and unwholesome and unfit for the food of man. | Fined £5, and costs 2s. |
| Wilful exposure in public places of a patient while suffering from a dangerous infectious disease, to wit, Small-pox. | Fined £5, and costs £2 2s., in default one month. | |
| 2, Goldington Crescent | Surface drain improperly trapped, water-closet and drain defective, soil pipe and drain unventilated, and sink waste pipe connected to drain. | Abatement order within 21 days, and costs £1 7s. |
| 122, Gower Street | Drain defective. | Summons withdrawn. Defendant sold interest to another, who undertook to abate nuisance. |
| Suburban Flour Mills, Gordon House Road | Drain defective, yard not properly paved, and cesspools existing. | Abatement order within 28 days, and costs £1 3s. |
| 32, Maiden Road .. | House or part dirty and dilapidated | Abatement order within 3 weeks, and costs £1 7s. |