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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
Holborn 1903
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE X.—continued.
| Result. | Date. | Premises. | Offence. |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 23 | 2, Ormond Yard | Breach of bye-laws. (Absence of manure receptacle) | Breach abated. Costs paid (10s. 6d.) Summons withdrawn |
| do. | do. | 6, do. | „ „ |
| 13, do. | do. | do. | „ „ |
| do. | 34, do | do. | „ „ |
| 35, do. | do. | do. | „ „ |
| 36, do. | do. | do. | „ „ |
| 20, Torrington Mews | do. | Summons withdrawn on death of Owner | „ „ |
| 13, do. | do. | Summons withdrawn. Change of ownership | „ „ |
| 10, Great. Russell Street | Nuisance:drain defective, and basement, yard and area, dirty | Order to abate in fourteen days | August 10 |
| Defendant convicted and fined £2, and £5. 5s. costs | Breach of London County Council bye-laws | 35, New North Street | „ 14 |
| 10, Great Russell Street | Recovery of costs of work executed under Magistrate's order | Judgment order and 20s. costs | October 23 and 30 |
| 1, Great White Lion Street | Prohibition order and 23s. costs | Nuisance. W.C. foul | November 12 |
| 2, do | do. | do. do. | „ „ |
| 14, Red Lion Passage | Breach of London County Council bye-laws | Defendant convicted and fined £3 and 2s. costs | December 1 |
| do | Order to abate. Defendant convicted and fined 40s. and £2. 4s. costs | Nuisance. Premises dirty throughout, W.C. foul, staircase defective, yard paving defective, accumulation of refuse, third floor back overcrowded | „ „ |
| 8, Lamb's Conduit Passage | Order to abate. Fined £2 and 6s. costs | Nuisance. Ceilings and walls of premises dirty throughout, accumulation of rubbish, absence of proper ash-bin, washhouse paving defective | „ „ |
| Order to abate. 6s. costs | do | Overcrowding | 8 |
| 38, Short's Gardens | Prohibition order and 6s. costs | Nuisance. W.C. stopped and foul | „ „ |
TABLE XI. Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act during the year 1903.
| Address. | Offence. | Result. | Date. | Name. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903. January 23 | 8, Beauchamp Street | Selling milk adulterated with 8.7 per cent, of added water | Defendant convicted and ordered to pay 12s 6d. costs | Kershaw, Mrs., or Gerlock, William |
| March 3 | Selling milk containing 97.34 grains per gallon of boric acid | Defendant convicted and fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs | Otterbein, Sarah | 166, Drury Lane |
| Defendant convicted and fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs | „ | 2, Queen Street | Selling milk containing 41.91 grains per gallon of boric acid | Davis, Hannah |
| Selling milk at least 13.3 per cent, deficient in fat | " | Defendant convicted and fined £5 and 12s. 6d. costs | Municipal Lodging-House, Parker Street | Longby, Charles J. |
| Selling butter containing 83 per cent, of foreign fat | 51, Eagle Street | Defendant convicted and fined £5 and 12s. 6d costs | „ | Wastell, William |