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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
Battersea 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Public Health (London) Act, 1891, &c.—continued.
| Nature of Offence or Claim. | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|
| Nuisance at 10 Woodgate Street, viz., defective copper. | Order for nuisance to be abated in 14 days. Costs £2 2s. Od. |
| Nuisance at 11 Woodgate Street, viz., dirty ceiling and walls to ante-room. | Nuisance having been abated, summons withdrawn. Costs £2 2s. Od. |
| Nuisance at 11 Woodgate Street, viz., defective and dilapidated ceiling in passage-way. | The like. |
| Nuisance at 34a Orkney Street, viz., defective and leaky condition of factory and w.c's. | Order to abate the nuisance within 28 days. Costs £2 2s. Od. |
| Nuisance at 23 Dorothy Road, viz., defective condition of grate in ground floor kitchen. | Nuisance having been abated, summons withdrawn. Costs £2 2s. Od. |
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and Housing Act, 1925.
| Nature of Offence or Claim. | Result of Proceedings. |
| Failing to provide adequate means of artificial lighting on common staircase at 29 Severus Road. | Cautioned under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1907. Costs £3 3s. Od. |
Metropolis Management Acts and By-Laws made thereunder.
| Nature of Offence or Claim. | Result of Proceedings. |
| Failing to give notice of intended drainage works at 54 Winstanley Road. | Cautioned under Probation of Offenders Act, 1907, and ordered to pay 10s. 6d. costs. |
| Altering or reconstructing drainage works at 54 Winstanley Road in such a manner as to offend the By-laws. | Defendant gave undertaking to do the work so as to comply with the By-laws. |
| Failing to give notice of intended drainage works at 6 Dickens Street. | Fined £1. |
| Failing to keep and maintain in a proper state of repair and in working order all drainage work at 23 Severus Road. | Summons adjourned sine die. Costs £2 2s. Od. (A purchaser of the premises had contracted to do the work.). |