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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table No. 13.
| Factories, Workshops and Work Places—Breaches of Statutes. | Intimations. | Statutory Notices. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Want of cleanliness | 131 | 28 |
| 2 | Want of ventilation | 5 | - |
| 3 | Want of air space, overcrowding | 3 | - |
| 4 | Sanitary accommodation, absent or insufficient | 16 | 6 |
| 5 | ,, ,, unsuitable or defective | 35 | 8 |
| 6 | ,, ,, not separate for sexes | 13 | 1 |
| 7 | Want of drainage of floors | 1 | - |
| 8 | Other nuisances | 82 | 15 |
| 9 | Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | - | - |
| 10 | Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 104 | - |
| 11 | Failure as regards list of outworkers | - | - |
| 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 | 81 | 12 |
| Total | 471 | 70 | |
Table No. 14.
| Breaches of other Statutes and Statutory By-laws. | Intimations. | Statutory Notices. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An occupied house without a proper and sufficient supply of water | 101 | 68 |
| 2 | Water supply used for domestic purposes connected with cistern which is used for flushing the water-closet | - | - |
| 3 | Water-closet not supplied with a sufficient quantity of water for securing its effective action | 182 | 45 |
| 4 | Tank, cistern, or other receptacle for storing of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes—dirty condition of | 38 | 6 |
| 5 | Tank, cistern, or other receptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes—absence of a proper cover to | 35 | 8 |
| 6 | Tank, cistern, or other receptacle for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking purposes placed in an improper position | - | - |
| 7 | Animals so kept as to be likely to pollute the water supply | - | - |
| 8 | Offensive matters not deposited in manure receptacle | 2 | - |
| 9 | Manure not removed at proper intervals | 3 | - |
| 10 | Manure—absence of proper receptacle for | 2 | - |
| 11 | Manure receptacle not properly constructed | - | - |
| 12 | Sufficient drain to stables or cowshed—absence of a | - | - |
| 13 | Receptacle for house refuse—absence of a proper | 284 | 76 |
| 14 | Receptacle for house refuse—absence of a proper cover for | 4 | - |
| 15 | Yard or open space unpaved | 2 | 2 |
| 1(5 | ,, paving defective | 231 | 98 |
| 17 | Insufficient water-closet accommodation to "lodging house " | 61 | 40 |
| 18 | A furnace improperly constructed or negligently used | - | - |
| 19 | Effluvia arising from premises used for trade, business, or manufacture which is a nuisance dangerous to the inhabitants of the district | 1 | - |
| 20 | Offensive matters suffered to run out of trade premises into an uncovered place | - | - |
| 21 | Dairies and cowsheds—breach of By-laws as to | 1 | - |
| 22 | Slaughterhouses—breach of By-laws as to | - | - |
| 23 | Steam whistle—use of a, without authority | - | - |
| 24 | Parts of houses infested with vermin requiring stripping, purifying, and cleansing | 480 | 179 |
| 25 | Articles in an unwholesome condition requiring to be purified or destroyed . | 18 | 4 |
| 26 | Underground room illegally occupied as a dwelling | 4 | 2 |
| 27 | Name and address of Medical Officer of Health and of landlord, etc., not inscribed in rent book | 38 | - |
| 28 | Other breaches | 190 | 53 |
| Total | 1677 | 581 | |