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St Pancras 1904

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

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Intimations as to Breaches of Statutes and Statutory By-laws served by the Sanitary Inspectors

during1904.

Breaches of Statutes and Statutory By-laws.Total.
1An occupied house without a proper and sufficient supply of water26
2Water supply used for domestic purposes connected with cistern which is used for flushing the water-closet18
8Water-closet not supplied with a sufficient quantity of water for securing its effective action281
4Tank, cistern or other receptacle for storing of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes,— dirty condition of32
5Tank, cistern or other receptacle for storing of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes,— absence of a proper cover to26
6Tank, cistern or other receptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes, placed in an improper position2
7Animals so kept as to be likely to pollute the water supply...
8Offensive matters not deposited in manure receptacle4
9Manure not removed at proper intervals56
10Manure,— absence of proper receptacle for30
11Manure receptacle not properly constructed1
12Sufficient drain to stables, or cowshed— absence of a2
13Receptacle for house refuse - absence of a proper194
14Receptacle for house refuse— absence of a proper cover for52
15Yard or open space unpaved1
16„ paving defective165
17Underground room illegally used for sleeping purposes60
18Factory, Workshop or Workplace not kept in a cleanly state12
19„ „ „ 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 therein8
20„ „ not kept free from effluvia3
21,, ,, ,, overcrowded...
22„ „ „ not provided with sufficient or suitable accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences4
23„ ,, „ not provided with proper separate accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences for each sex1
24Insufficient water-closet accommodation to "lodging house"87
25Surfaces of rooms, passages, and staircases of the bakehouse not painted, lime-washed, or cleansed15
2GA furnace improperly constructed or negligently used
27Effluvia arising from premises used for trade, business or manufacture, which is a nuisance dangerous to the inhabitants of the district1
28Offensive matters suffered to run out of trade premises into an uncovered place1
29Dairies and cowsheds,— breach of By-laws as to...
30Slaughterhouses, breach of By-laws as to1
31Steam whistle,— use of a, without authority...
82Tenement Houses— overcrowding374
33„ „ inadequate or contaminated water supply...
84„ „ foul closet, basin or trap158
35,, ,, want of means of ventilation...
86„ ,, want of cleansing21
37„ ,, dirtily kept animals2
38„ „ want of annual limewashing832
39Other breaches27
Totals2492