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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
Shoreditch 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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vvere dealt with for the removal or prevention of nuisance. On 22 premises animals
were found to be stabled under conditions giving rise to nuisance, and in 14 instances
stables were properly paved under the supervision of the sanitary officers.
The foregoing summary includes the work done in connection with the drains of
new buildings, and alsoi that carried out. in pursuance of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901.
For non-compliance with the requirements of the Sanitary Authority, police-court proceedings were, taken under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the bye-laws made thereunder as set out below:—
| Premises. | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|
| Alfred Place, No. 9 | Order to do work, 10/- costs allowed Council. |
| Alma Street, No. 39 | Summons dismissed, no costs. |
| Avebury Street, No. 3 | Order to abate overcrowding. |
| Clift Street, No. 4 | Order to do work, 3/- costs allowed Council. |
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| Cropley Street, No. 24 | Breach of milk regulations, fine 5/-, with 23/- costs. |
| Govan Street, No. 1 | Summons withdrawn, 3/- costs allowed Council. |
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| Lee Street, No. 42 | Order to do work, 2/- costs allowed Council. |
| ,, ,, ,, 42 | Fine 40/-, with 2/- costs, for not obeying orders. |
| Loanda Street, No 6 | London County Council Bye-laws, dismissed, £3 3s. costs. |
| Westmoreland Place, No. 52 | Order to do work, £1 1s. costs allowed Council. |
| ,, ,, ,, 68 | Order to do work. |
| Weymouth Terrace, No. 73 | Summons withdrawn, 3/- costs allowed Council. |
The summons in. respect of No. 9, Alfred Place, was taken out against the owner
by Inspector Firth, in consequence of the continuance of a nuisance arising through a
blockage of the drain upon the premises. The owner was ordered to abate the nuisance
in fourteen days.