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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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Table: Table 13 (a) — continued.Intimations as to Nuisances served by Temporary Sanitary Inspectors during the 53 Weeks ending 3rd January, 1903.

Table 13 (a) — continued.

Intimations as to Nuisances served by Temporary Sanitary Inspectors during the 53 Weeks ending 3rd January, 1903.

Schedule of Nuisances.Inspectors. 1h. j. G.E. G. H.E. E. J.A. L. L.W.W.G. h. W.Total.
1 Part of the house in a dirty condition...1676......173
2 Part of the house in a damp condition...1.........1
3 Roof defective...15.........15
4 Guttering defective...3.........3
5 Water fittings defective..................
6 Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation...1.........1
7 Water-closet apartment so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health...2.........2
8 Water-closet basin foul...5.........5
9 Water-closet basin defective...7.........7
10 Water-closet basin choked...2.........2
11 Urinal in a foul condition..................
12 Privy in a foul condition..................
13 Soil pipe defective..................
14 Soil pipe unventilated...1.........1
15 Soil pipe improperly ventilated...8.........8
16 Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath..................
17 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory or bath connected with drain...6.........6
18 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory or bath defective......See Tenement Houses W. & S.............
19 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory or bath foul..................
20 Inlet of drain improperly trapped...3.........3
21 Drain defective...13.........13
22 Drain stopped...2.........2
23 Drain ventilating pipe defective...1.........1
24 Rainwater pipe in direct communication with drain...6.........6
25 Rainwater pipe defective...3.........3
26 Unpaved condition of roadway..................
27 Undrained condition of roadway..................
28 Area or part unpaved..................
29 Area undrained..................
30 Yard or space unpaved..................
31 Yard or space undrained..................
32 Defective condition of washhouse paving...19.........19
33 Dustbin defective...7.........7
34 Dustbin in an improper position..................
35 Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health..................
36 Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health..................
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...4972...10131
39 Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated...1.........1
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............
43 Other nuisances..................
Totals...32278...10410 .