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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 1924
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1924
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Legal Proceedings.
Legal proceedings in connection with nuisances were taken
by the Council in 11 cases during 1924. Particulars with regard
to each case are set out below.
Legal Proceedings under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
| Nature of Offence or Claim. | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|
| Nuisance from black smoke | Summons withdrawn on defendants' undertaking to abate nuisance and payment of £5 5s. costs. |
| Dirty condition of top floor front room and contents at 47 Simpson Street | Order to abate within 7 days, with 2/- costs. |
| Choked sink in basement, leaky roof, dirty and dilapidated ceilings and walls of top floor rooms, staircase and passage at 259 Battersea Park Road—also failure to provide dustbin | Order to abate within 14 days and £2 2s. costs. Abated |
| Foul walls and no water supply or sparge pipe to urinal. Battersea Empire, York Road | Order by consent to abate within one month and £2 2s. costs. |
| Ditto—failure to comply with order of Court. | Fined £5 and £2 2s. costs. |
| Defective roof, stoves, windows and water fittings at 97 Latchmere Grove | Order for necessary work to be done within 28 days. |
| Nuisance from choked drain at 6 Alfred Street | Nuisance having been abated, defendant ordered to pay £1 1s. costs. |
| Dirty condition of ceilings and walls of staircases and hall at 111 to 120 Albert Palace Mansions | Order to abate in 14 days and £3 3s. costs. |
| Nuisance from overcrowding at 2 Meyrick Road | Order to abate within one month. Summonses against occupiers of rooms adjourned one month. |
| Failure to comply with notice to fix sufficient water closets and flushing apparatus at 43 St. Johns Road | Proceedings still pending at end of year. |
| Selling quantity of jam wholesale in unsound condition | Defendant absconded—summons not served. |
| Failure to pay £47 15s. 1d. expenses incurred in repairs to defendant's premises. No. 112 Wycliffe Road | Order for payment of debt with £3 3s. costs, |