London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1908
[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 | 91 |
| 2 | Inadequate water supply | — |
| 3 | Contaminated water supply | — |
| 4 | Foul closet, basin or trap | 43 |
| 5 | Want of means of ventilation | 1 |
| 6 | Want of annual cleansing | 78 |
| 7 | Want of cleansing of the part or parts of premises used in common | 578 |
| 8 | ,, „ ,, in sole use , . | 383 |
| 9 | Want of cleansing of the room or part of dwelling | 330 |
| 10 | Animals improperly kept | 4 |
| 11 | Other breaches | 10 |
| Total | 1518 | |
| Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.—Breaches of Statutes. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Want of cleanliness | 83 |
| 2 | Want of ventilation | — |
| 3 | Want of air space, overcrowding | — |
| 4 | Sanitary accommodation, absent or insufficient | 12 |
| 5 | „ „ unsuitable or defective | 7 |
| 6 | „ ,, not separate for sexes | 3 |
| 7 | Want of drainage of floors | — |
| 8 | Other nuisances | 5 |
| 9 | Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | — |
| 10 | Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 40 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Total | 151 | |