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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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One person was cautioned for removing refuse during prohibited hours and five prosecutions were taken as follows:-
| Name and Address of Defendant. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|
| F. N. Squire, The Rosary, Ashford, Middlesex | Removal of refuse during prohibited hours | Fined 20s. and 2s. costs. |
| J. S. Cornwall, Westfield Farm, Weston Road, Mitcham | Removal of refuse during prohibited hours | Fined 20s. and 2s. costs. |
| Charles Lever, Riverside," The Osier, Wandsworth | Removal of refuse in improper receptacles, allowing contents to leak on to road; no covering to receptacle | Fined 20s. and 2s. costs. |
| The Sheppey Glue and Chemical Works, Ltd., 34, Mark Lane, London, E.C. | Causing to be removed offensive refuse in faulty receptacles | Fined £5 and 2s. costs. |
| Thomas Garlick, 2, Bog-nor Street, New Road, Battersea | Removing refuse during prohibited hours | Fined 10s. and 2s. costs. |
A summons is not taken out unless the person offending has been
previously cautioned.
In giving judgment in one of the cases, the Magistrate (Mr. Francis)
observed that the by-law was constantly infringed by offensive matter
being taken in improper receptacles and in an improper way. It was
thrown down anywhere, and tipped up in insufficient carts. Only the
other day he saw two small children sitting in a cart containing this
stuff for a ten-miles ride, and he thought that ought to be proscribed.
Public Conveniences for Women—Free Water-Closets.—The Public
Health Committee, at the end of 1910, recommended that some free
accommodation should be provided in connection with each of the
women's conveniences belonging to the Council, and it was agreed to
give the scheme a trial for three months at each of the women's
conveniences at Broad Street and Parliament Street, notices to be
exhibited outside the conveniences that free w.c. accommodation is
available on application to the Attendant. As a result of this experiment
it has been agreed to extend the system to other conveniences in
the City.
Victoria Embankment Gardens—Absence of Conveniences.—In June,
1910, complaints were received by the Council of a nuisance caused by
the absence of urinal and other accommodation in the neighbourhood of
the Villiers Street end of the Victoria Embankment Gardens. Large
numbers of people congregate in the Gardens, especially in the evening,
attracted by the London County Council band, and in consequence of
there being no sanitary convenience in the Gardens or in the vicinity,
nuisances were committed in doorways and in the public street; the