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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Schedule of Nuisances. | Totals. | |
---|---|---|
1 | Part of the house in a dirty conditionn | 448 |
2 | ,, ,, damp ,, | 72 |
3 | Roof defective | 364 |
4 | Guttering defective | 48 |
5 | Water fittings defective | 125 |
6 | Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation | 94 |
„ ,, so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health | 41 | |
8 | Water-closet basin foul | 164 |
9 | „ „ defective | 127 |
10 | 175 | |
11 | Urinal in a foul condition | 10 |
12 | Privy in a foul condition | — |
13 | Soil pipe defective | 71 |
14 | „ un ventilated | 78 |
15 | ,, improperly ventilated | 39 |
16 | Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath | 7 |
17 | Waste pipe of sink, lavatory or bath connected with drain | 47 |
18 | 58 | |
19 | 16 | |
20 | Inlet of drain improperly trapped | 56 |
21 | Drain defective | 508 |
22 | „ stopped | 143 |
23 | „ ventilating pipe defective | 35 |
24 | Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain | 114 |
25 | „ ,, defective | 96 |
26 | Unpaved condition of roadway | 6 |
27 | Undrained „ ,, | — |
28 | Area or part unpaved | 4 |
29 | ,, undrained | 3 |
30 | Yard or space unpaved | 14 |
31 | „ „ undrained | 11 |
32 | Defective condition of washhouse paving | 91 |
33 | Dust-bin defective | 295 |
34 | „ in an improper position | 2 |
35 | Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 44 |
36 | Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 143 |
37 | Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisan dangerous to health | 11 |
38 | Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health | 132 |
39 | Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated | 19 |
40 | Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance | 21 |
41 | Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 8 |
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 | 133 |
Total | 3878 |