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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Intimations
| Registered Tenement Houses.—Breaches of By-laws. | Totals. |
|---|---|
| 1 Overcrowding | 244 |
| 2 Inadequate water supply | 10 |
| 3 Contaminated water supply | 2 |
| 4 Foul closet, basin or trap | 44 |
| 5 Want of means of ventilation | 2 |
| 6 Want of annual cleansing | 309 |
| 7 Want of cleansing of the part or parts of premises used in common | 261 |
| 8 „ „ „ in sole use | 369 |
| 9 Want of cleansing of the room or part of dwelling | 47 |
| 10 Animals improperly kept | 6 |
| 11 Other breaches | 46 |
| Total | 1340 |
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| Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.—Breaches of Statutes. | Totals. |
|---|---|
| 1 Want of cleanliness | 122 |
| 2 Want of ventilation | 10 |
| 3 Want of air space, overcrowding | 2 |
| 4 Sanitary accommodation, absent or insufficient | 5 |
| 5 „ „ unsuitable or defective | 14 |
| 6 „ „ not separate for sexes | 11 |
| 7 Want of drainage of floors . | 1 |
| 8 Other nuisances | 19 |
| 9 Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | — |
| 10 Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 50 |
| 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 contraventions | 5 |
| Total | 239 |