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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
City of Westminster 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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* In addition to the above, supervision was given to the provision of earth closets (151), urinals (86), and cabinets (11), in connection with stands erected for viewing the Coronation processions.
| 1911. | 1911. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanitary Work completed:— Water Supply:— Provided | 628 | Sanitary Work completed:— Dust Bins:— Movable, provided | 216 |
| „ additional in tenement houses | 143 | ,, repaired | 20 |
| Fixed, abolished | 38 | ||
| 87 | Stables:— Drained | 32 | |
| Reinstated | 30 | ||
| Cisterns fixed | 140 | Paved | 34 |
| ,, cleansed | 231 | Cleansed | 33 |
| „ covered | 268 | Dung receptacles provided | 7 |
| Cisterns defective, abolished | 97 | Dung accumulations removed | 81 |
| Taps off main provided | 600 | ||
| Pipes repaired | 201 |
3,368 intimations of nuisances, &c., and 233 statutory notices
(including 7 for smoke nuisances) were issued; 2,240 letters were
written, and 1,548 interviews took place at the Office.
Police court proceedings for failure to comply with Statutory notices were taken with the following results:—
| Premises. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|
| 21, Ryder Street (dwellings) | Absence of sufficient supply of water | Order to abate nuisance within 7 days and to pay 6s. costs. |
| 10, Little Newport Street (restaurant) | Failure to cause w.c. to be kept in a cleanly condition. (By-law) | Fined 40s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 14, Livonia Street (tenements) | Dirty condition of walls and ceilings of rooms, walls of yard, w.c. and basement, accumulation of refuse and absence of water supply to upper part of house | Summons withdrawn, the work being completed immediately after summons was issued. Defendant paid 10s. 6d. costs. |
| 2, Lexington Street (tenements and outworker premises) | Dirty and verminous condition of house | Order to abate within 21 days and to pay 40s. cost. |
| 83 and 87, Eccleston Square (private hotel) | Defective lead soil pipe | Ordered to abate nuisance within 7 days and to pay 21s. costs. |
| 4, St. Anne's Court (tenements) | The dirty state of yard; the leaky gutter in front of premises and the dirty condition of ceiling of top back room; gully obstructed, overflowing into basement; absence of refuse bin and a leaky tap in yard | As the work was done the Magistrate made a Prohibition Order with 6s. costs. |
| 31, Lillington street (tenements) | Dirty and defective condition of walls and ceiling of staircase; dirty condition of walls of front basement; insufficient flush to w.c. | Ordered to abate nuisance within 14 days and to pay 16s. 6d. costs. |
| 48, St. George's Road (boarding house) | Walls and ceilings of rooms, passages, staircases, w.cs. and area walls dirty; w.c. in vault foul and defective ; waste-pipe from lavatory on ground floor defective and roof over anteroom on ground floor defective | Ordered to abate within one month and to pay 27s. costs. |