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St Pancras 1917

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

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Table: Table No. 9.Intimations as to Nuisances and Breaches of Statutes and By-laws served by the Sanitary Inspectors during1917.

Table No. 9.

Intimations as to Nuisances and Breaches of Statutes and By-laws served by the Sanitary Inspectors during1917.

Schedule of Nuisances.Whole Borough.
1 Part of the house in a dirty condition427
2 „ „ damp „110
3 Roof defective550
4 Guttering defective55
5 Water fittings defective191
6 Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation12
7 ,, ,, so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health45
8 Water-closet basin foul56
9 „ ,, defective70
10 „ ,, choked114
11 Urinal in a foul condition—
12 Privy in a foul condition1
13 Soil pipe defective17
14 ,, unventilated3
15 ,, improperly ventilated6
16 Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath2
17 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory, or bath connected with drain3
18 ,, ,, „ ,, defective51
19 ,, ,, „ ,, foul10
20 Inlet of drain improperly trapped5
21 Drain defective79
22 ,, stopped129
23 ,, ventilating pipe defective15
24 Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain9
25 ,, ,, defective77
26 Unpaved condition of roadway—
27 Undrained ,, ,,—
28 Area or part unpaved1
29 ,, undrained4
30 Yard or space unpaved2
31 ,, ,, undrained2
32 Defective condition of washhouse paving22
33 Dust-bin defective70
34 ,, in an improper position—
35 Accumulation of stagnant water which is anuisance dangerous to health27
36 Accumulation or deposit which is anuisance dangerous to health102
37 Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health10
38 Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health28
39 Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated7
40 Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity as to be a nuisance—
41 Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health2
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 nuisances269
Total2583

Table: Table No. 10.

Table No. 10.

Registered Tenement Houses—Breaches of By-Laws.Whole Borough.
1 Overcrowding10
2 Inadequate water supply—
3 Contaminated water supply—
4 Foul closet, basin or trap2
5 Want of means of ventilation—
6 Want of annual cleansing2
7 Want of cleansing of the part or parts of premises used in common88
8 ,, ,, ,, in sole use109
9 Want of cleansing of the room or part of the dwelling24
10 Animals improperly kept—
11 Other breaches2
Total237