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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 London 1897

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1897

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62
By order of the Court of Sewers of the
19th of February, 1897, notices were served
upon the proprietors of hotels, taverns,
restaurants and confectioners, vegetarian
restaurants, &c., calling their attention
to the provisions of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, which relate to smoke
nuisance.
Accordingly the following printed Notice
was delivered by hand at each of the 614
establishments :
"NOTICE.
"SMOKE NUISANCE.
"Public Health (London) Act, 1891."
"To Proprietors of Restaurants, Dining Rooms,
"Eating Houses, Taverns, &c.
"With a view of preventing as much
"as possible Nuisance from Smoke in the
"City of London, the Commissioners of Sewers
"have directed their officers to take summary
"proceedings against all persons offending herein,
"and call attention of all concerned to Section
"24 (b) of the 'Public Health (London) Act,
"1891,' which provides that:
" 'Any chimney (not being the chimney
" 'of a private dwelling-house) sending forth