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St Pancras 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Table: T abi.b 13 a -. I ntimations as to Nuisances served by Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1903.

T abi.b 13 a -. I ntimations as to Nuisances served by Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1903.

Schedule of NoisancesDistricts and Inspectors.Ward 1 G.R.Ward 2 F.J.D.Ward 3 C.H.J.Ward 4 H.G.W.Ward 5 J.I.L.Ward 6 W.B.Ward 7 J.L.Ward 8 A.H.W.Special. W.J.A.Tenement Houses.Work Places.Food Places.Total
N.W.J.S.S.R.E.J.E.&W.E.G.H.Men F.A.B.Women M.E.B.N.&E.H.R.C.W.&s.J.O.
1Part of the house in a dirty condition1567202173443248261544-2--389
2,, ,, damp ,,34141177132311111-1--124
3Roof Defective18311929348416621191016--321
4Glittering defective169101141616----1---74
5Water fittings defective8103291239631-831-3--153
6Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation510121152167-1--81--78
7,, „ so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health43l27--17--l-10---50
8Water closet basin faul6553727142113-11417395--204
9,, ,, defective152962931253318-122493--216
10Choked11212812411734-34393--159
11Urinal in a faul condition-2-1--2---------5
12Privy in a foul condition-----------------
13Soil pipe defective32151251532416-8-21---133
14,, unventilated26162936559-23-11---124
15,, improperly ventilated15-3-3-24-2-2----31
16Absence of Weste Pipe to sink, lebatory or bath--111-----------5
17Waste pipe of sink, lavatory or bath connected with drain1739137-172---.3----71
18,, ,, ,, Defective72161121-3-1----25
19,, ,, ,, ,, faul41-1--11----1----8
20Inlet of drain improperly trapped131116131143--2------73
21Drain defective77851319243726457-38-16----675
22,, stopped9141117N302222-51-----139
23,, ventilating pipe defective372-33-4-5-5----32
24Rain-water pipe in direct communication with dram34271927147215-2-9----161
25,, ,, defective10772010132312-5-,221--112
26Unpaved condition of roadway3-6-------------9
27Undrained ,,-----------1------
28Area or part unpaved------23-1------7
29„ undrained-------2--------2
30Yard or space unpaved136-1-32-2-5--1 --23
31,, „ undrained2-101--13--------17
32Defective condition of wash-house paving43122927115-10-3-3j --98
33Dust-bin defective1025183218521350-13-3-2--236
34in an improper position1------2--------3
35Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health 36 Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health516--197-2------31
36Accumulation of deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health254101412242433 i711---110 15
37Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangeious to health22--2-16-1-l----106
38Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health1-11---1---1----18
39Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated 40 Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity. to be a nuisance4171-O-124--1----24
41Discharging smcke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health.11-----13--1----7
42Tent, 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-----------------
43Other nuisances613-129224540i--51--118
Totals4214263994.5041654741753874161731508731--4190