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, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table .No. 12.—Intimations
Schedule of Nuisances. | Intimations. | Statutory Notices. |
---|---|---|
1 Part of the house in a dirty condition | 1204 | 336 |
2 ” ” damp ” | 245 | 76 |
3 Roof defective | 856 | 275 |
4 Guttering defective | 196 | 73 |
5 Water fittings defective | 191 | 51 |
6 Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation | 45 | 9 |
7 ”” so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health | 14 | 1 |
8 Water-closet basin foul | 83 | 21 |
”” defective | 145 | 13 |
10 ”” choked | 104 | 16 |
11 Urinal in a foul condition | 3 | — |
12 Privy in a foul condition | — | — |
13 Soil pipe defective | 44 | 13 |
14 ” unventilated | 34 | 15 |
15 ” improperly ventilated | 19 | 8 |
16 Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath | 1 | 1 |
17 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory, or bath connected with drain | 13 | 2 |
18 ” ” ” defective | 81 | 18 |
19 ””” foul | 31 | 6 |
20 Inlet of drain improperly trapped | 23 282 | 10 |
21 Drain defective ... | 104 | |
22 ” stopped | 135 | 17 |
23 ” ventilating pipe defective | 125 | 41 |
24 Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain | 24 | 6 |
25 ”” defective | 145 | 39 |
26 Unpaved condition of roadway | 3 | — |
27 Undrained ”” | 1 | — |
28 Area or part unpaved | 1 | 1 |
29 ” undrained | 3 | — |
30 Yard or space unpaved | 1 | — |
31 ” undrained | 3 | 1 |
32 Defective condition of washhouse paving | 70 | 29 |
33 Dust-bin defective | 402 | 80 |
34 ”in an improper position | 5 | 1 |
35 Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 15 | 1 |
36 Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 100 | 15 |
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 | 24 | 4 |
39 Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated | 41 | 10 |
40 Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance | 1 | — |
41 Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 8 | 1 |
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 | 3 | |
43 Other nuisances | 746 | 191 |
Total | 5501 | 1518 |