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 | 61 |
| 2 Inadequate water supply | 1 |
| 3 Contaminated water supply | — |
| 4 Foul closet, basin or trap | 41 |
| 5 Want of means of ventilation | — |
| 6 Want of annual cleansing | 81 |
| 7 Want of cleansing of the part or parts of premises used in common | 488 |
| 8 ,, „ „ in sole use | 411 |
| 9 „ room or part of dwelling | 105 |
| 10 Animals improperly kept | 1 |
| 11 Other breaches | 8 |
| Total | 1197 |
| Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.—Breaches of Statutes. | Totals. |
| 1 Want of cleanliness | 66 |
| 2 Want of ventilation | 2 |
| 3 Want of air space, overcrowding | — |
| 4 Sanitary accommodation, absent or insufficient | 8 |
| 5 ,, ,, unsuitable or defective | 5 |
| 6 „ ,, not separate for sexes | 5 |
| 7 Want of drainage of floors | — |
| 8 Other nuisances | 4 |
| 9 Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | — |
| 10 Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 32 |
| 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 | 3 |
| Total | 125 |