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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 118 | 118 | ||||
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Other nuisances | 19 | 19 | ||||
| Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | 5 | 5 | |||
| Unsuitable or defective | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | ||
| Not separate for sexes. . | 11 | 11 | .. | .. | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground hake-houses (S. 101) | • • | • • | .. | .. | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 50 | 50 | .. | .. | ||
| Failure as regard lists of outworkers (S. 107) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are 1 | Unwholesome (S. 108) | .. | .... | .. | . . | |
| Infected (S. 110) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small-pox (S. 109) | . . | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Other offences | 5 | 5 | • • | |||
| Total | 225 | 225 | .. | .. | ||