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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 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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Table: PROSECUTIONS.

PROSECUTIONS.

Fines.Costs.
£s.d.£s.d.
Milk12 (one withdrawn)341505146
Butter919100296
Mustard10126
Coffee12000126
Sugar31261176
Whiskey3 (two dismissed)7000146
Hum1300
30£6776£1210

Table: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS FOR ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS FOR ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES.

Premises.Result of Proceedings.
89, Wilmer GardensAbatement Order, 3s. costs.
25, Hackney Road...Fined 3s., with 2s. costs.
44, Shaftesbury Street ......Summons withdrawn, 3s. costs.
37, Grange Street ...Summons withdrawn, 10s. costs.
41, Broke Road3s. Co^ts allowed.
112, Laburnum StreetFined 3s. with 2s., costs
85, Wilmer GardensAbatement Order, 6s. costs.
87, Wilmer GardensAbatement Order, 6s. costs.
89, Wilmer GardensAbatement Order, 6s. costs.
15, Brunswick StreetAbatement Order, 6s. costs.
18, Harriett SquareAbatement Order, 6s. costs.
18, Harriett SquareFined 40s., with 3s. costs.
9, Phillip Street ...Abatement Order, 6s. costs.
11, Phillip Street ...Abatement Order, 6s. costs.
58 and 60, Brougham RoadSummons dismissed, £5 5s. costs.

Table: HOUSES WHICH HAVE BEEN CLOSED AS UNFITFOR HABITATION.

HOUSES WHICH HAVE BEEN CLOSED AS UNFIT

FOR HABITATION.

Watsons Place, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 88
Foundry Place, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 1616
Boundary Street, No. 131
Phillip Street, Nos. 9, 11, 13 and 154
Canal Road, No. 15 ...1
Total ...30

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In addition to the ordinary notices served for the abatement of nuisances, 1,421
letters were written, and to ensure the work being as far as possible of a durable