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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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A comparison with previous years is given below:—
| 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complaints | 81 | 52 | 55 | 52 | 37 | 48 | 35 | 44 | 27 |
| Observations | 2,728 | 2,731 | 3,191 | 2,715 | 2,722 | 2,417 | 2,362 | 2,605 | 3,009 |
| Notices issued:— | |||||||||
| Preliminary | 58 | 68 | 142 | 121 | 93 | 106 | 116 | 93 | 86 |
| Statutory | 18 | 18 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Summonses | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 3 |
As iu previous years much of the smoke nuisance complained of is
the result of careless stoking of the furnaces.
Several notices were also served with respect to chimneys outside
Westminster from which black smoke was blowing into the City.
The premises causing this class of nuisance included:—
Hotels and restaurants 24
Bakers 4
Motor works 2
Government buildings 3
Clubs 3
Breweries 3
Private houses 7
Hospitals 2
Various 15
Serious nuisance was caused by the use of two destructors for
burning refuse elected by a railway company in a position which
allowed the smoke, which was of an offensive character, to blow into an
important thoroughfare.