Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report on the sanitary condition of the Whitechapel District, (with vital and other statistics), for the year 1894 (consisting of 52 weeks) being the eleventh annual report
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Situation of Premises. | Nature of Nuisance or Complaint. | Date of hearing of Summons. | Result. |
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1894 | |||
7, Cox Square | Workshop not properly ventilated. Walls and ceilings of workshop, staircase and landing dirty and dilapidated. Closet without water supply and in a filthy state. Drain in yard not properly trapped | Oct. 15th | Order to abate nuisance within 7 days. |
32, Hanbury Street | Gutters filled with liquid filth. Insufficient closet accommodation. Walls of staircase broken and dirty | „ 22nd | House ordered to be closed forthwith. |
5 and 7 Cox Square | Failing to comply with the abatement orders made by the Magistrate on 15th October | Nov. 15th | Fined £5 and 2s. costs. |
Wentworth Street | Exposing for sale a quantity of gurnets unfit for human food | „ 22nd | Fined £5 and 2s. costs. In default of distress one month's imprisonment. |
11, Hanbury Street | First floor back room overcrowded and indecently occupied | Dec. 6th | Room ordered to be closed forthwith. |
No. 2 Block Davis Mansions' New Goulston Street | For permitting to be occupied several tenements as dwellings without the certificate as to water supply as provided by Section 48 of the Act | „ 18th | Fined £1 and 2s. costs. |
8, Duncan Street | Walls and ceiling of workshop dirty. Roof of workshop defective. Workshop without sufficient and suitable accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences, and without separate accommodation for the females employed therein | „ 18th | Work done. Summons withdrawn. |
9, Duncan Street | Walls and ceiling of workshop dirty. Roof of workshop defective. Workshop is without sufficient and suitable accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences, and without separate accommodation for the females employed therein | „ 18th | Work done. Summons withdrawn. |