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St Pancras 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table No. 11.—Intimations as to Nuisances and Breaches of Statutes and By-laics served by the Sanitary Inspectors during1924,and the resultingStatutory Noticesin1924and the early part of1925.

Schedule of Nuisances.Intimations.Statutory Notices.
1Part of the house in a dirty condition1174356
2„ „ damp „278109
3Roof defective926327
4Guttering defective20277
5Water fittings defective18951
6Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation247
7,, ,, so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health297
8Water-closet basin foul6815
9,, ,, defective10834
10,, ,, choked12120
11Urinal in a foul condition1
12Privy in a foul condition
13Soil pipe defective439
14,, unventilated258
15,, improperly ventilated104
16Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath21
17Waste pipe of sink, lavatory, or bath connected with drain114
18,, ,, ,, ,, defective10534
19„ ,, ,, ,, foul559
'JOInlet of drain improperly trapped94
21Drain defective19462
21,, stopped13916
23,, ventilating pipe defective9338
21Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain145
25,, ,, defective18958
26Unpaved condition of roadway
27Undrained ,, ,,
28Area or part unpaved32
29,, undrained11
30Yard or space unpaved11
31,, ,, undrained3
32Defective condition of washhouse paving11033
33Dust-bin defective370104
34„ in an improper position21
35Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health284
36Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health12931
37Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health33
38Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health255
39Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated4524
40Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance112
41Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health132
42Tent, 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
43Other nuisances849263
Total56321728

Table No. 12.

Registered Tenement Houses—Breaches of By-Laws.Intimations.Statutory Notices.
1 Overcrowding2-
2 Inadequate water supply
3 Contaminated water supply
4 Foul closet, basin or trap136
5 Want of means of ventilation
6 Want of annual cleansing
7 Want of cleansing of the part or parts of premises used in common294120
8 ,, ,, ,, in sole use3.0114
9 Want of cleansing of the room or part of the dwelling2
10 Animals improperly kept
11 Other breaches82
Total639242