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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Intimations ax to Breaches of By-laws and Breaches of Statutes served by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1910.
| Registered Tenement Houses.—Breaches of By-laws. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overcrowding | 72 |
| 2 | Inadequate water supply | — |
| 3 | Contaminated water supply | — |
| 4 | Foul closet, basin or trap | 58 |
| 5 | Want of means of ventilation | — |
| 6 | Want of annual cleansing | 123 |
| 7 | Want of cleansing of tlie part or parts of premises used in common | 542 |
| 8 | ,, „ ,, in sole use | 437 |
| 9 | „ „ room or part of dwelling | 113 |
| 10 | Animals improperly kept | 4 |
| 11 | Other breaches | 25 |
| Total | 1374 |
Intimations as to Breaches of By-laws and Breaches of Statutes served by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1910.
| Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.—Breaches of Statutes. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Want of cleanliness | 100 |
| 2 | Want of ventilation | 5 |
| 3 | Want of air space, overcrowding | 3 |
| 4 | Sanitary accommodation, absent or insufficient | 6 |
| 5 | ,, „ unsuitable or defective | 9 |
| 6 | ,, ,, not separate for sexes | |
| 7 | Want of drainage of floors | 3 |
| 8 | Other nuisances | 15 |
| 9 | Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | — |
| 10 | Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 33 |
| 11 | Failure as regards list of out-workers | — |
| 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 | 182 |