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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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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 \ | 19 | Order made for work to be carried out within 7 days in 1 case, within 14 days in 9 cases and within 21 days in 1 case. Fined £5 and order made for work to be carried out within 14 days in 1 case, fined £2 and order made for work to be carried out within 14 days in 1 case, and fined £5 in 1 case. Summonses withdrawn, work having been carried out in 4 cases, and summons withdrawn defendant not being the owner within the meaning of the Act in 1 case. |
| Failure to comply with by-laws for Houses Let in Lodgings. | 1 | Summons withdrawn, the by-laws having been complied with. |
| Failure to abate overcrowding. | 4 | Fined £5 in 1 case, £2 or 21 days' imprisonment in 1 case, 10s. in 1 case, and order made for overcrowding to be abated within 21 days in 1 case. |
| Permitting overcrowding | 4 | Order made for overcrowding to be abated in 1 case, and summonses adjourned in 3 cases. |
| Failure to abate overcrowding and indecent occupation. | 1 | Summons withdrawn, overcrowding and in-decent occupation having been abated. |
| Permitting overcrowding and in-decent occupation. | 1 | Summons withdrawn, overcrowding and in-decent occupation having been abated. |
| Failure to comply with the order made by the Justices requiring the execution of sanitary repairs. | 2 | Fined £10 in 1 case, and £1 in 1 case. |
| Failure to comply with further order made by the Justices requiring the execution of sanitary repairs. | 1 | Fined £1. |
| Failure to provide sufficient water-closet accommodation. | 1 | Summons withdrawn, the accommodation having been provided. |
| Letting underground room as a sleeping apartment. | 1 | Order made prohibiting the use of the said room. |
| Illegal occupation of underground rooms. | 2 | Fined £2 in 1 case, and order made prohibiting the use of the said room in 1 case. |
| Failure to pay expenses incurred under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925. | 7 | Orders for payment of expenses with interest and costs in 7 cases. |
| Failure to deposit plans and notify alteration to drainage system. | 1 | Fined £2. |
| Emission of smoke. | 1 | Order made prohibiting recurrence of nuisance and fined £1. |
| Allowing a dog to deposit its excre-ment on the public footway. | 7 | Fined 10s. 6d. in 3 cases, 10s. in 3 cases, and 5s in 1 case. |
| Total | 53 |
In addition to the above, there were issued under the various Acts and Regulations dealing
with milk, food, drugs, etc., 15 summonses, particulars of which are given on page 64.