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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 Breaches of By-laws and Breaches of Statutes served by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1909.

Registered Tenement Houses.—Breaches of By-laws.Totals.
1Overcrowding86
2Inadequate water supply
3Contaminated water supply2
4Foul closet, basin or trap55
5Want of means of ventilation1
6Want of annual cleansing61
7Want of cleansing of the part or parts of premises used in common565
8,, ,, ,, in sole use434
9Want of cleansing of the room or part of dwelling53
10Animals improperly kept10
11Other breaches33
Total1300
Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.—Breaches of Statutes.Totals.
1Want of cleanliness91
2Want of ventilation2
3Want of air space, overcrowding1
4Sanitary accommodation, absent or insufficient8
5„ ,, unsuitable or defective9
6„ ,, not separate for sexes2
7Want of drainage of floors
8Other nuisances10
9Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse
10Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses31
11Failure as regards list of out-workers
12Giving out work to be done in premises which are unwholesome
13„ ,, „ infected
14Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by
scarlet fever or small-pox
15Other contraventions6
Total160