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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
Strand (Westminster) 1896
Annual report on the statistics and sanitary condition relating to Strand District, London for the year 1896
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THE STRAND DISTRICT, LONDON.
159
Marine Stores, 4 in number, have been inspected from time
to time.
Dangerous Trades.—During the year the Home Secretary has,
under the "Factory and Workshop Act, 1891," sec. viii. (1)
certified that the following processes are dangerous or injurious to
health, viz:—(1) the process of bottling aerated water, and the
processes incidental thereto, including the examining and labelling
of the bottles; and (2) the process of vulcanizing india-rubber by
means of bisulphide of carbon and the processes incidental thereto.
The effect is to require the adoption of measures for the avoidance
or removal of the danger peculiar to the particular proccss.
Legal Proceedings.
A number of persons have during the year been reported to
the Board for infractions of the " ublic Health Act" and its
Bye-laws. In five cases where these were apparently inadvertent,
apologies have been accepted and the offenders cautioned, but in the following cases further proceedings were deemed necessary: —
| Nature of Complaint. | Result. |
|---|---|
| Nos. 2 and 3 Half Moon Court unfit for habitation | Closing Order |
| 3 Half Moon Court, Tenant refusing to quit | Withdrawn, Tenant having left after receipt of Summons. |
| Infringement of Bye-law, No. 14 (Bye-laws under" Public Health Act, 1891," section 39 (1). Failing to give notice before fixing w.c. apparatus | Fine, 20s. and costs. |
| Infringement of Bye-laws, Nos. 7 lie 8 (Bye-laws for Houses let in Lodgings under "Public Health Act, 1891," section 94) | Cautioned. |
| Infringement of Bye-law, No. 13 (Bye-laws for Houses let in Lodgings under "Public Health Act, 1891," section 94) | Fine, 20s. and costs. |
| Accumulation of Filth | Injunction. |