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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
Battersea 1905
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1905
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Legal Proceedings under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Metropolis Management Act, 1855, and Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845.
| Date of Hearing. | Name of Magistrate. | Initials and Address of Defendant. | Nature of Offence. | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905. Jan. 18 | Mr. Francis | K., 103 Falcon Road | Black smoke nuisance | Fined £2 and 2s. costs |
| Feb. 1 | „ „ | H. S., 46 York Road | Black smoke nuisance | Fined £1 and 2s. costs |
| Mar. 1 | Mr. Garrett | H. J. C., The Osiers, Wandsworth | Default in complying with a notice to abate a nuisance at No. 60 Stainforth Road caused by defective drains | Fined 10s. and 2s. costs |
| „ | „ „ | Do. do. | Existence of nuisance as above | Order to abate within 28 days and ordered to pay 5s. costs |
| April 12 | Mr. Curtis Bennett | J. J. W., 8 and 9 Essex Street, Strand, W.C. | Non-compliance with bye-law as to paving yard at No. 74 Dorothy Road | Ordered to pay £1 3s. costs |
| „ 26 | „ „ | R. P., Donovan's Yard, Cabul Road | Nuisance—overcrowding van | Order for abatement within seven days and 5s. costs |
| „ | „ „ | G. B., Manley's Yard, Cabul Road | Nuisance—overcrowding van | Summons withdrawn, defendant having left the Borough |
| Date of Hearing | Name of Magistrate | Initials and Address of Defendant. | Nature of Offence. | Result of Proceedings. |
| 1905. April 26 | Mr. Curtis Bennett | F. P., 283 and 285 Battersea Park Road | Breach of L.C.C. bye-law as to construction of window in water closet at No. 37A Stain-forth Road | Ordered in each case to construct window forthwith and fined £1 and 5s. costs, and in default fine to be £5 and 5s. costs |
| „ | „ „ | Do. do. | Breach of L.C.C. bye-law as to construction of window in water closet at No. 39A Stain-forth Road | |
| „ | „ „ | Do. do. | Breach of L.C.C. bye-law as to abutting of external wall of water closet at No. 37A Stain-forth Road, on an open space | Defendant ordered to comply with the bye-law forthwith and to pay 5s. costs and in default to pay a penalty £5 and 5s. costs |
| „ | „ „ | Do. do. | Breach of L.C.C. bye-law as to abutting of external wall of water closet at No. 39A Stain-forth Road | Summons withdrawn |