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St Pancras 1905

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

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I ntimations as to Nuisances served by Sanitary Inspectors during 1905.

Schedule of Nuisances.Totals.
1Part of the house in a dirty conditionn448
2,, ,, damp ,,72
3Roof defective364
4Guttering defective48
5Water fittings defective125
6Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation94
7„ ,, so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health41
8Water-closet basin foul164
9„ „ defective127
10yy yy Choked175
11Urinal in a foul condition10
12Privy in a foul condition
13Soil pipe defective71
14„ un ventilated78
15,, improperly ventilated39
16Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath7
17Waste pipe of sink, lavatory or bath connected with drain47
18yy yy ,, yy defective58
19' r> ti ,, foul16
20Inlet of drain improperly trapped56
21Drain defective508
22„ stopped143
23„ ventilating pipe defective35
24Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain114
25„ ,, defective96
26Unpaved condition of roadway6
27Undrained „ ,,
28Area or part unpaved4
29,, undrained3
30Yard or space unpaved14
31„ „ undrained11
32Defective condition of washhouse paving91
33Dust-bin defective295
34„ in an improper position2
35Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health44
36Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health143
37Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisan dangerous to health11
38Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health132
39Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated19
40Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance21
41Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health8
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 nuisances133
Total3878