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 1896 (consisting of 53 weeks) being the thirteenth annual report
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PROCEEDINGS TAKEN UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
Situation of Premises. | Nature of Nuisance or Complaint. | Date of hearing of Summons. | Result. | |
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13, Duke Street | Workshop overcrowded | 1896. | Prohibition order made. | |
Jan. | 9th | |||
13, Duke Street | Workshop not properly ventilated and without proper sanitary conveniences | ,, | 9th | Owner brought overwhelming evidence that the work had been completed. The Magistrate dismissed the summonses. The work was subsequently carried out. |
13, Duke Street | Drain not properly trapped. Yard paving is defective. Pan of W.C. foul. Water apparatus to W.C. defective | tt | 9th | |
19, Tenter Street, Spitalfields | Workshop without proper sanitary conveniences | „ | 9 th | Order to carry out necessary work within 7 days |
18, Tenter Street, Spitalfields | ,, ,, ,, ,, | ,, | 9th | Prohibition order made. |
Wentworth Street | Exposing a child in the public thoroughfare while suffering from Scarlet Fever | ,, | 21st | Fined £1 and £1 3s. costs. |
Artillery Lane | For selling a quantity of Cods' Roes unfit for food | ,, | 29th | Fined £5 and 11s. costs. |
1, John's Place, Hunt Street | House totally unfit for human habitation | March | 5th | Order to close within 7 days. |
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9, John's Place, Hunt Street | ,, ,, ,, | ,, | 5th | ,, ,, |
10, John's Place, Hunt Street | ,, ,, ,, | ,, | 5th | ,, ,, |
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1, Hunt Street, | ,, ,, ,, | ,, | 5th | ,, ,, |
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Commercial Street | Exposing oranges for sale unfit for human food | ,, | 20 th | Summons dismissed. Magistrate ruled there was not sufficient evidence of exposure for sale. |
70, Plumbers' Row | Water closets in filthy state and without water supply. Sink wastes not properly trapped. Roof defective | July | 9th | Work done. Summons withdrawn. |
78, Plumbers' Row | Water closets in filthy state and without water supply. Sink wastes not properly trapped | ,, | 9th | ,, ,, |
6, Fieldgate Street, | Workshop not properly ventilated, in a dirty state, and without proper sanitary conveniences | ,, | 15th |