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
Schedule of Nuisances. | Totals. |
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1 Part of the house in a dirty conditon | 401 |
2 „ „ damp „ | 63 |
3 Roof defective | 238 |
4 Guttering defective | 45 |
5 Water fittings defective | 122 |
6 Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation | 58 |
7 „ „ so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health | 33 |
8 Water-closet basin foul | 122 |
9 ,, „ defective | 109 |
10 „ „ choked | 139 |
11 Urinal in a foul condition | 4 |
12 Privy in a foul condition | — |
13 Soil pipe defective | 50 |
14 „ unventilated | 60 |
15 „ improperly ventilated | 12 |
16 Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath | 3 |
17 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory or bath connected with drain | 33 |
18 „ „ „ defective | 42 |
19 „ „ „ foul | 27 |
20 Inlet of drain improperly trapped | 45 |
21 Drain defective | 318 |
22 ,, stopped | 131 |
23 ,, ventilating pipe defective | 23 |
24 Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain | 56 |
25 „ „ defective | 70 |
26 Unpaved condition of roadway | 1 |
27 Undrained „ „ | — |
28 Area or part unpaved | 2 |
29 „ undrained | — |
30 Yard or space unpaved | 9 |
31 „ „ undrained | 13 |
32 Defective condition of washhouse paving | 45 |
33 Dust-bin defective | 266 |
34 „ in an improper position | 2 |
35 Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 24 |
36 Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 172 |
37 Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 12 |
38 Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health | 73 |
39 Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated | 20 |
40 Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance | 12 |
41 Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 3 |
42 Tent, van, shed, or similar structure used as a human habitation which is in such a state as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | — |
43 Other nuisances | 140 |
Total | 2998 |