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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 ( b )— continued.Intimations as to Breaches of Statutes and Statutory By-laws served by Temporary Sanitary Inspectors during the 53 Weeks ending 3rd January , 1903.

Table 13 ( b )— continued.

Intimations as to Breaches of Statutes and Statutory By-laws served by Temporary Sanitary Inspectors during the 53 Weeks ending 3rd January , 1903.

Breaches of Statutes and Statutory Bye-laws.Inspectors.H. J. G.E G. H.R. E. J.A. L. L.W. W.G. H. W.Total.
1 An occupied house without a proper and sufficient supply of water..................
2 Water supply used for domestic purposes connected with cistern which is used for flushing the water-closet...1.........1
3 Water-closet not supplied with a sufficient quantity of water for securing its effective action...16.........16
4 Tank, cistern, or other receptacle for storing of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes,—dirty condition of...4.........4
6 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...1.........1
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..................
7 Animals so kept as to be likely to pollute the water supply..................
8 Offensive matters not deposited in manure receptacle..................
9 Manure not removed at proper intervals..................
10 Manure—absence of proper receptacle for...11.........11
11 Manure receptacle not properly constructed......See Tenement Houses W. & S.............
12 Sufficient drain to stables, or cowshed—absence of a..................
13 Receptacle for house refuse—absence of a proper...6.........6
14 Receptacle for house refuse—absence of a proper cover for...13.........13
15 Yard or open space unpaved..................
16 Yard paving defective...21.........21
17 Underground room illegally used for sleeping purposes..................
18 Factory, Workshop or Workplace not kept in a cleanly state..................
19 Factory, Workshop or Workplace not ventilated in such a manner as to render harmless as far as practicable any impurities generated in the course of the work carried on therein..................
20 Factory, Workshop or Workplace not kept free from effluvia..................
21 Factory, Workshop or Workplace overcrowded..................
22 Factory, Workshop or Workplace not provided with sufficient or suitable accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences..................
23 Factory, Workshop or Workplace not provided with proper separate accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences for each sex..................
24 Insufficient water-closet accommodation, to "lodging house"..................
25 Surfaces of rooms, passages, and staircases of the bakehouse not painted, lime-washed, or cleansed..................
26 A furnace improperly constructed or negligently used..................
27 Effluvia arising from premises used for trade, business, or manufacture, which is a nuisance dangerous to the inhabitants of the district..................
28 Offensive matters, suffered to run out of trade premises into an uncovered place..................
29 Dairies and cowsheds,—breach of By-laws as to..................
30 Slaughterhouses,—breach of By-laws as to..................
31 Steam whistle,—use of a, without authority..................
32 Other breaches..................
Totals...73............73