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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Table 12d.—Intimations as to Breaches of Statutes and Statutory By-laws served by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1906.
| Breaches of Statutes and statutory By-laws | Districts and Inspectors. | Ward 1, N. w. J. S. | Ward 1, S. G. R. | Ward 2. W. L. B. | Ward 3 (part of). C. H J. | Ward 4. H. G. W. | Ward 5, N. J. I.I | Ward 5, S. G. W. A. | Ward b (part of). R. E. J. | Ward 7. N. E. J. D. | w ard 7, S. J. L. | Ward 8 ,N. A. H.W. | Ward 8. S. E. G. H. | Food places. | Work places. Women. | Totals. | ||||
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| W. G. A. Part of Wds. 3 and 6. | N. & E. H. R. C. | w. & s. J. O. | ||||||||||||||||||
| M. E. B. | B. G. &visits | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | An occupied house without a proper and sufficient supply of water | — | 3 | — | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | |
| 2 | Water supply used for domestic purposes connected with cistern which is used for flushing the water-closet | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | |
| 3 | Water closet not supplied with a sufficient quantity of water for securing its effective action | 13 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 23 | — | — | — | — | 239 | |
| 4 | Tank, cistiern or other receptacle for storing of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes,—dirty condition of | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 1 | o | 1 | — | — | — | — | 45 | |
| 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 to | — | 1 | 3 | — | 8 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 30 | |
| 6 | Tank, cistern, or other receptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes, placed in an improper position | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | |
| 7 | Animals so kept as to be likely to pollute the water supply | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 | Offensive matters not deposited in manure receptacle | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Manure not removed at proper intervals | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 16 | ||
| 10 | Manure,—absence of proper receptacle lor | — | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 23 | |
| 11 | Manure receptacle not properly constructed | — | — | l | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
| ia | Sufficient drain to stables, or cowshed—absence of a | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| 13 | Receptacle for house refuse—absence of a proper | 10 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 16 | — | 24 | 5 | 5 | 24 | — | — | — | — | 183 | |
| 14 | Receptacle for house refuse—absence of a proper cover for | 8 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 23 | |
| 15 | Yard or open space unpaved | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| 16 | ,, paving defective | 4 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 23 | — | 26 | 50 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 13 | — | — | — | — | 181 | |
| 17 | Underground room illegally used for sleeping purposes | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 44 | |
| 18 | Insufficient water-closet accommodation to "lodging house " | 4 | 5 | 22 | — | 6 | 16 | 7 | — | 11 | 8 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 88 | |||
| 19 | A furnace improperly constructed or negligently used | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | Effluvia arising from premises used for trade, business, or manufacture, which is a nuisance dangerous to the inhabitants of the district | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 21 | Offensive matters suffered to run out cf trade premises into an uncovered place | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 22 | Dairies and cowsheds,—breach of By-laws as to | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 23 | Slaughterhouses,—breach of By-laws as to | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 24 | Steam whistle,— use of a, without authority | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | 22 | — | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 25 | Parts of houses infested with vermin requiring stripping, purifying, and cleansing | 14 | — | — | 9 | 1 | 7 | — | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 126 | ||||
| 26 | Articles in an unwholesome condition requiring to be purified or destroyed | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
| 27 | Other breaches | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 51 | ||
| Totals | 60 | 67 | 72 | 121 | 133 | 52 | 156 | 141 | 26 | 79 | 84 | 39 | 79 | — | — | 2 | — | 1111 | ||