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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

Finsbury 1913

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1913

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Table: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.

Date, 1913.Name and Address of Defendant.Offence.Result.
April 3rdHawkey & Co., Ltd., 14, Worship Street, E.C.Failing to alter and amend a water closet at 14, Worship Street, E.C.Fined £1 and £2 2s. costs.
June 20thWm. Richardson, 9, Davenant Road, Holloway, N.Failing to unstop a choked drain at 79, Margaret Street.Fined £4 and 2s. costs.
April 30thWilliam Eaton, 1, Young's Bldgs., Old Street, E.C.For exposing and depositing for sale meat which was unfit for the food of man.Fined £30 and 2s. costs.
April 30thHarry Eaton, 22, York Road, East Ham.For selling to the above William Eaton the unsound meat referred to above.Fined £30 and 2s. costs.

Table: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.

Date, 1913.Name and Address of Defendant.Offence.Result.
Feb. 11Sarah Norman, 348, Upper Street, Islington, N.Failing to notify a birth at 35, Warren Street within 36 hours.Fined £1 and £1 2s. costs.