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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
Shoreditch 1896
Annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1896
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Intimations as to insanitary conditions were served in respect to 2,222 premises,
viz. 476 by the chief inspector, 532 by Inspector Lear, 377 by Inspector Quelch, 520
by Inspector Firth, and 317 by Inspector Brown, and 1,643 letters were written in
connection with the execution of sanitary work.
Statutory notices under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the
Metropolis Local Management Act, were served by order of the Public Health Committee
upon the owners of 234 premises.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
For non-compliance with the requirements of statutory notices, it was necessary
to take out summonses against the owners of the premises contained in the list set
out below:—
TABLE XXIII.
| Premises. | Magistrate's Decision. |
|---|---|
| Prince Albert Public House | Abatement Order. |
| Hutley Place, No. 10. | Owner Fined £5 and 17/- Costs. |
| Penny Bank Chambers, Nos. 13-24 | Abatement Orders. |
| Albert Mews | Abatement Order. |
| Saw Mill, Drysdale Street | Summons Dismissed, £5 5s. Costs. |
| Edward's Place | „ „ £1 1s. Costs. |
| Hoxton Residences, No. 9-24 | Closing Orders. |
| Whiston Street, Nos. 91 and 93 | Summons Dismissed, £3 3s. costs. |
In all 30 summonses were issued.
The summons against the owner of the Prince Albert Public House, was for
defective drainage, the necessary works for the abatement of the nuisance were
executed under the supervision of Inspector Quelch. The owner of No. 10, Hutley
Place was fined for non-compliance with an order made by a Magistrate in respect
to a summons taken out by Inspector Brown for failing to execute certain works in
connection with a water-closet in a satisfactory manner.
With reference to Nos. 13 to 24, Penny Bank Chambers, the water supply was
defective.
These tenements form the upper two storeys of Penny Bank Chambers. Formerly
storage cisterns were used in connection with the water supply, but they had been so
unfortunately placed, as to be not only exposed to pollution, but also inaccessable for