London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Kensington 1926
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1926
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Summary of Legal Proceedings
| Nature of Offence. | Number of Summonses heard before the Magistrates. | Magistrates' Decisions. |
|---|---|---|
| Failure to carry out sanitary repairs. | 36 | Order made for work to be carried out within 7 days in 2 cases,within 14 days in 10 cases, within 21 days in 8 cases, and within 28 days in 1 case. Fined £5 and order made for work to be carried out within 14 days in 1 case, fined £5 and order made for work to be carried out within 21 days in 1 case, fined £2 and order made for work to be carried out within 7 days in 2 cases, fined £2 and order made for work to be carried out within 14 days in 1 case, fined £1 and order made for work to be carried out within 14 days in 1 case, and fined £2 in 2 cases Summonses withdrawn work having been carried out in 7 cases. |
| Failure to comply with the order made by the Justices requiring the execution of sanitary repairs. | 5 | Fined £5 in 2 cases, £2 in 1 case, and £1 in 1 case. Summons withdrawn work having been carried out in 1 case. |
| Failure to comply with by-laws for Houses Let in Lodgings. | 10 | Fined £2 in 5 cases, 30/- in 1 case, and £1 in 3 cases. Summons adjourned sine die in 1 case. |
| Failure to provide sufficient water closet accommodation. | 5 | Fined £2 in 1 case and £1 in 1 case. Summonses withdrawn work having been carried out in 3 cases. |
| Failure to provide a proper supply of water to the upper storeys. | 7 | Order made for work to be carried out within 14 days in 2 cases and within 21 days in 1 case. Summonses withdrawn work having been carried out in 4 cases. |
| Failure to abate overcrowding. | 6 | Order made for abatement within 1 month in 1 case. Summonses withdrawn, overcrowding having been discontinued, in 2 cases, and summonses adjourned sine die in 3 cases. |
| Failure to remedy dampness. | 1 | Order made for work to be carried out within 21 days. |
| Failure to comply with Closing Order. | 5 | Fined £1 in 1 case, and 10s. in I case Order made for compliance within 21 days in 1 case and within 1 month in 2 cases. |
| Failure to provide a sufficient supply of water to premises. | 1 | Closing Order made to become operative after 14 days. |
| Failure to comply with Magistrate's order to provide a sufficient supply of water to premises. | 1 | Fined £2. |
| Unlawfully occupying or suffering to be occupied premises in which articles of food intended for the food of man were deposited, such premises having direct inlets to the drain. | 2 | Fined £2 in 1 case and £1 in 1 case. |