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St Pancras 1912

[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 during1912.

Schedule of Nuisances.Totals.
1 Part of the house in a dirty condition510
2 ,, ,, damp ,,100
3 Roof defective287
4 Guttering defective42
5 Water fittings defective181
6 Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation61
7 „ „ so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health47
8 Water-closet basin foul103
9 „ ,, defective84
10 „ „ choked149
11 Urinal in a foul condition4
12 Privy in a foul condition
13 Soil pipe defective36
14 ,, unventilated52
15 „ improperly ventilated8
16 Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory, or bath4
17 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory, or bath connected with drain23
18 ,, „ ,, defective52
19 „ „ „ foul21
20 Inlet of drain improperly trapped32
21 Drain defective285
22 „ stopped141
23 „ ventilating pipe defective29
24 Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain35
25 „ „ defective67
26 Unpaved condition of roadway
27 Undrained „ „
Area or part unpaved10
29 „ undrained3
30 Yard or space unpaved4
31 ,, ,, undrained4
32 Defective condition of washhouse paving75
33 Dust-bin defective255
34 „ in an improper position1
35 Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health34
36 Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health179
37 Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health25
38 Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health117
39 Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated23
40 Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance9
41 Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health8
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 Nuisances192
Total3292