London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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2. — D efects found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 19 | 19 | .. | .. | ||
| Want of ventilation | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | ||
| Overcrowding | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | ||
| Other nuisances | 36 | 36 | .. | .. | ||
| Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Unsuitable or defective | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | ||
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Failure as regard lists of outworkers (S. 107) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are | Unwholesome (S. 108) | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Infected (S. 110) | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | ||
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small-pox (S. 109) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Other offences | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Total | 89 | 89 | .. | .. | ||