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
Breaches of Statutes and Statutory By-laws. | Totals. |
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1 An occupied house without a proper and sufficient supply of water | 18 |
2 Water supply used for domestic purposes connected with cistern which is used for flushing the water-closet | 7 |
3 Water-closet not supplied with a sufficient quantity of water for securing its effective action | 246 |
4 Tank, cistern or other receptacle for storing of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes,—dirty condition of | 57 |
5 Tank, cistern or other receptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes,—absence of proper cover to | 53 |
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 | 3 |
7 Animals so kept as to be likely to pollute the water supply | — |
8 Offensive matters not deposited in manure receptacle | 4 |
9 Manure not removed at proper intervals | 26 |
10 Manure, absence of proper receptacle for | 19 |
11 Manure receptacle not properly constructed | 6 |
12 Sufficient drain to stables, or cowshed—absence of a | — |
13 Receptacle for house refuse —absence of a proper | 293 |
14 Receptacle for house refuse—absence of a proper cover for | 31 |
15 Yard or open space unpaved | 6 |
16 „ paving defective | 113 |
17 Underground room illegally used for sleeping purposes | 88 |
18 Insufficient water-closet accommodation to "lodging house" | 59 |
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 | 3 |
21 Offensive matters suffered to run out of trade premises into an uncovered place | — |
22 Dairies and cow-sheds,—breach of By-laws as to | — |
23 Slaughterhouses,—breach of By-laws as to | 1 |
24 Steam whistle,—use of a, without authority | 1 |
25 Parts of houses infested with vermin requiring stripping, purifying and cleansing | 191 |
26 Articles in an unwholesome condition requiring to be purified or destroyed | 3 |
27 Other breaches | 66 |
Total | 1294 |