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St Pancras 1905

[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

during1905.

Breaches of Statutes and Statutory By-laws.Totals.
1 An occupied house without a proper and sufficient supply of water35
2 Water supply used for domestic purposes connected with cistern which is used for flushing the water-closet7
3 Water-closet not supplied with a sufficient quantity of water for securing its effective action246
4 Tank, cistern or other receptacle for storing of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purpose,—dirty condition of32
5 Tank, cistern or other receptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes,—absence of a proper cover to26
6 Tank, cistern or other receptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes, placed in an improper position2
7 Animals so kept as to be likely to pollute the water supply-
8 Offensive matters not deposited in manure receptacle4
9 Manure not removed at proper intervals26
10 Manure,—absence of proper receptacle for30
11 Manure receptacle not properly constructed5
12 Sufficient drain to stables, or cowshed - absence of a3
13 Receptacle for house refuse — absence of a proper221
14 Receptacle for house refuse—absence of a proper cover for35
15 Yard or open space unpaved3
16 „ paving defective130
17 Underground room illegally used for sleeping purposes34
18 Insufficient water-closet accommodation to "lodging house"89
19 A furnace improperly constructed or negligently used1
20 Effluvia arising from premises used for trade, business, or manufacture, which is a nuisance dangerous to the inhabitants of the district1
21 Offensive matters suffered to run out of trade premises into an uncovered place
22 Dairies and cowsheds,—breach of By-laws as to
23 Slaughterhouses,—breach of By-laws as to
24 Steam whistle,—use of a, without authority
25 Parts of houses infested with vermin requiring stripping, purifying, and cleansing38
26 Articles in an unwholesome condition requiring to be purified or destroyed
27 Other breaches40
Total1008