Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Intimations
Schedule of Nuisances. | Total. | |
---|---|---|
1 | Part of the house in a dirty condition | 411 |
2 | „ „ damp „ | 112 |
3 | Roof defective | 273 |
4 | Guttering defective | 42 |
5 | Water fittings defective | 101 |
6 | Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation | 88 |
7 | „ „ so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health | 59 |
8 | Water-closet basin foul | 193 |
9 | „ „ defective | 183 |
10 | „ „ choked | 164 |
11 | Urinal in a foul condition | 3 |
12 | Privy in a foul condition | ... |
13 | Soil pipe defective | 100 |
14 | ,, unventilated | 122 |
15 | „ improperly ventilated | 36 |
16 | Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath | 4 |
17 | Waste pipe of sink, lavatory or bath connected with drain | 75 |
18 | ,, ,, ,, ,, defective | 46 |
19 | ,, ,, ,, ,, foul | 17 |
20 | Inlet of drain improperly trapped | 74 |
21 | Drain defective | 518 |
22 | „ stopped | 134 |
23 | „ ventilating pipe defective | 47 |
24 | Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain | 112 |
25 | „ ,, defective | 86 |
26 | Unpaved condition of roadway | 1 |
27 | Undrained „ „ | 4 |
28 | Area or part unpaved | 10 |
29 | „ undrained | 1 |
80 | Yard or space unpaved | 15 |
31 | „ ,, undrained | 13 |
32 | Defective condition of wash-house paving | 145 |
33 | Dust-bin defective | 376 |
34 | ,, in an improper position | ... |
35 | Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 31 |
36 | Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 140 |
37 | Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 16 |
38 | Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health | 126 |
39 | Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated | 23 |
40 | Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance | 6 |
41 | Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 2 |
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 | 75 |
Totals | 3984 |