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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
Finsbury 1904
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops
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During 1904 we have issued 540 intimation notices respecting factories and workshops and 72 statutory notices. In 4 instances it has been necessary to issue summonses. The results were as follows:—
| Date. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 18th | R. Walpole, 59, Fann Street | For constructing a drain ventilating pipe contrary to London County Council bye-laws at 39, Featherstone Street | Fined £1 and 2s. costs. |
| April 7th | Samuel Markheim, 88-90, Golden Lane, E.G. | For failing to send to Borough Council a list of outworkers' names and addresses, due on February 1st | Fined £1 and £2 2s. costs. |
| April 29th | A. Barnett, 30, Clifton Gardens, Maida Vale | For failing to comply with notice requiring drainage of water from beneath floor of workshop at in, Pentonville Road | Fined £5 and 2s. costs. |
| July 1st | Chambers & Sons, Ltd., 56, Wilson Street, E.C. | For failing to amend a new w.c. not constructed in accordance with London County Council bye-laws, at 47, Wilson Street | Dismissed, with £2 2s. costs against the Council. |
The last case is the only one which calls for remark. It was as
follows:—In course of routine inspection of premises, Inspector
Peverett found that the water-closet accommodation at Messrs.
Chambers & Sons, Ltd., 47, Wilson Street, E.C., was not of a suitable
character, i.e., there was not suitable and separate accommodation
for the two sexes. He therefore served a notice under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, section 38 (1), requiring suitable
accommodation to be provided. The owners elected to put up an
additional water-closet at the end of the workshop. Before construction
they consulted us with regard to details of construction,
and were furnished by word of mouth and by a printed statement
with particulars governing the erection of water-closets in the
Metropolis. In one particular, viz., the construction of the partition
separating the water-closet from the workshop, the builder did not
comply with the instructions given, and therefore we held that the
construction was unsuitable, the partition separating the