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St Pancras 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Intimations as to Nuisances served by Sanitary Inspectors during1909.

Schedule of Nuisances.Totals.
1Part of the house in a dirty condition561
2„ „ damp „80
3Roof defective298
4Guttering defective63
5Water fittings defective133
6Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation68
7„ ,, so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health51
8Water-closet basin foul148
9„ „ defective85
10,, ,, choked122
11Urinal in a foul condition7
12Privy in a foul condition
13Soil pipe defective50
14,, unventilated60
15„ improperly ventilated9
16Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath3
17Waste pipe of sink, lavatory or bath connected with drain27
18„ „ „ defective50
19,, ,, ,, foul31
20Inlet of drain improperly trapped41
21Drain defective367
22„ stopped154
23,, ventilating pipe defective29
24Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain60
25„ ,, defective90
26Unpaved condition of roadway
27Undrained „ „
28Area or part unpaved9
29,, undrained
30Yard or space unpaved11
31,, „ undrained9
32Defective condition of wash-house paving84
33Dust-bin defective218
34,, in an improper position2
35Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health31
36Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health183
37Animals kept in such a. manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health19
38Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health62
.39Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated9
40Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance3
41Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health13
42Tent, 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
43Other nuisances182
Total3422