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
Breaches of Statutes and Statutory By-laws. | Total. | |
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1 | An occupied house without a proper and sufficient supply of water | 26 |
2 | Water supply used for domestic purposes connected with cistern which is used for flushing the water-closet | 18 |
8 | Water-closet not supplied with a sufficient quantity of water for securing its effective action | 281 |
4 | Tank, cistern or other receptacle for storing of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes,— dirty condition of | 32 |
5 | Tank, cistern or other receptacle for storing of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes,— absence of a proper cover to | 26 |
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 | 2 |
7 | Animals so kept as to be likely to pollute the water supply | ... |
8 | Offensive matters not deposited in manure receptacle | 4 |
9 | Manure not removed at proper intervals | 56 |
10 | Manure,— absence of proper receptacle for | 30 |
11 | Manure receptacle not properly constructed | 1 |
12 | Sufficient drain to stables, or cowshed— absence of a | 2 |
13 | Receptacle for house refuse - absence of a proper | 194 |
14 | Receptacle for house refuse— absence of a proper cover for | 52 |
15 | Yard or open space unpaved | 1 |
16 | „ paving defective | 165 |
17 | Underground room illegally used for sleeping purposes | 60 |
18 | Factory, Workshop or Workplace not kept in a cleanly state | 12 |
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 therein | 8 |
20 | „ „ not kept free from effluvia | 3 |
21 | ,, ,, ,, overcrowded | ... |
22 | „ „ „ not provided with sufficient or suitable accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences | 4 |
23 | „ ,, „ not provided with proper separate accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences for each sex | 1 |
24 | Insufficient water-closet accommodation to "lodging house" | 87 |
25 | Surfaces of rooms, passages, and staircases of the bakehouse not painted, lime-washed, or cleansed | 15 |
2G | 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 | 1 |
28 | Offensive matters suffered to run out of trade premises into an uncovered place | 1 |
29 | Dairies and cowsheds,— breach of By-laws as to | ... |
30 | Slaughterhouses, breach of By-laws as to | 1 |
31 | Steam whistle,— use of a, without authority | ... |
82 | Tenement Houses— overcrowding | 374 |
33 | „ „ inadequate or contaminated water supply | ... |
84 | „ „ foul closet, basin or trap | 158 |
35 | ,, ,, want of means of ventilation | ... |
86 | „ ,, want of cleansing | 21 |
37 | „ ,, dirtily kept animals | 2 |
38 | „ „ want of annual limewashing | 832 |
39 | Other breaches | 27 |
Totals | 2492 |