London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 By-laws and Breaches of Statutes served by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year1905.

Registered Tenement Houses.—Breaches of By-laws.Totals.
1 Overcrowding244
2 Inadequate water supply10
3 Contaminated water supply2
4 Foul closet, basin or trap44
5 Want of means of ventilation2
6 Want of annual cleansing309
7 Want of cleansing of the part or parts of premises used in common261
8 „ „ „ in sole use369
9 Want of cleansing of the room or part of dwelling47
10 Animals improperly kept6
11 Other breaches46
Total1340

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Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.—Breaches of Statutes.Totals.
1 Want of cleanliness122
2 Want of ventilation10
3 Want of air space, overcrowding2
4 Sanitary accommodation, absent or insufficient5
5 „ „ unsuitable or defective14
6 „ „ not separate for sexes11
7 Want of drainage of floors .1
8 Other nuisances19
9 Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse
10 Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses50
11 Failure as regards list of outworkers-
12 Giving out work to be done in premises which are unwholesome.-
13 „ „ „ infected-
14 Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by
scarlet fever or small-pox-
15 Other contraventions5
Total239