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 | 118 |
| 2 Inadequate water supply | 5 |
| 3 Contaminated water supply | 2 |
| 4 Foul closet, basin or trap | 44 |
| 5 Want of means of ventilation | 1 |
| 6 Want of annual cleansing | 30 |
| 7 Want of cleansing of the part or parts of premises used in common | 656 |
| 8 „ „ „ in sole use | 304 |
| 9 Want of cleansing of the room or part of dwelling | 330 |
| 10 Animals improperly kept | 3 |
| 11 Other breaches | 19 |
| Total | 1512 |
| Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.—Breaches of Statutes. | Totals. |
| 1 Want of cleanliness | 82 |
| 2 Want of ventilation | — |
| 3 Want of air space, overcrowding | 2 |
| 4 Sanitary accommodation, absent or insufficient | 7 |
| 5 „ „ unsuitable or defective | 9 |
| 6 „ „ not separate for sexes | — |
| 7 Want of drainage of floors | — |
| 8 Other nuisances | 7 |
| 9 Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | — |
| 10 Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 28 |
| 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 | 4 |
| Total | 139 |