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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
Southwark 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Defendant. | Cause of Proceedings. | Result. |
|---|---|---|
| Josiah Withers | Disobedience of Magistrate's order for him to amend defective drain, and to cleanse verminous rooms at 25, Sutherland square | Fined 16/-, with 4/- costs |
| Charles W. Smallbone | Neglecting to amend the defective ventilating pipe to drain at 20, Blewett street | Fined 16/-, with 4/- costs |
| The Owner | Neglecting to provide a sufficient supply of water on upper floor of tenement house, 119, Great Dover street | Ordered to do work within 14 days, with 4/- costs |
| Mead & Co. | Neglecting to remedy defective roof at 8, Coin-brook street | Summons withdrawn, work done |
| S. Hadley | Neglecting to remedy defective roofs, and to provide sufficient dust bins at 212, 216 and 218, Westmoreland road | At the hearing of the summonses the work was stated to have been completed: the defendant was ordered to pay 8/- costs |
| W. W. Johnson | Neglecting to remedy defective drains at 22 and 42, Marshall street | Ordered to relay the drains and to pay a half of the cost of the ventilation pipes to be fixed at the head of the drains |
| — Flintoff (Mrs.) | Neglecting to remedy defective drain at 18, Hurlbutt place | The Magistrate held that there was no evidence that the order of the Metropolitan Board of Works relating to the drainage of this house and the three houses in Peacock square, dated October, 1855, had been carried out. He dismissed the summons with £2 2s. Od. costs against the Council |