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
Schedule of Nuisances. | Totals. |
---|---|
1 Part of the house in a dirty condition | 510 |
2 ,, ,, damp ,, | 100 |
3 Roof defective | 287 |
4 Guttering defective | 42 |
5 Water fittings defective | 181 |
6 Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation | 61 |
7 „ „ so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health | 47 |
8 Water-closet basin foul | 103 |
9 „ ,, defective | 84 |
10 „ „ choked | 149 |
11 Urinal in a foul condition | 4 |
12 Privy in a foul condition | — |
13 Soil pipe defective | 36 |
14 ,, unventilated | 52 |
15 „ improperly ventilated | 8 |
16 Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory, or bath | 4 |
17 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory, or bath connected with drain | 23 |
18 ,, „ ,, defective | 52 |
19 „ „ „ foul | 21 |
20 Inlet of drain improperly trapped | 32 |
21 Drain defective | 285 |
22 „ stopped | 141 |
23 „ ventilating pipe defective | 29 |
24 Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain | 35 |
25 „ „ defective | 67 |
26 Unpaved condition of roadway | — |
27 Undrained „ „ | — |
Area or part unpaved | 10 |
29 „ undrained | 3 |
30 Yard or space unpaved | 4 |
31 ,, ,, undrained | 4 |
32 Defective condition of washhouse paving | 75 |
33 Dust-bin defective | 255 |
34 „ in an improper position | 1 |
35 Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 34 |
36 Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 179 |
37 Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 25 |
38 Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health | 117 |
39 Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated | 23 |
40 Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance | 9 |
41 Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 8 |
42 Tent, 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 | – |
43 Other Nuisances | 192 |
Total | 3292 |