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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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72
Legal Proceedings.
Legal proceedings in connection with nuisances, &c., were taken
by the Council in 58 cases during 1931. Particulars with regard
to each case are set out below.
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
| Nature of Offence or Claim. | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|
| Nuisance at 19 Bridge Road West | Work having been completed, case dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1907, with £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| Nuisance at 4 Eldred Place | The like. |
| Nuisance at 93a Latchmere Grove | Order to abate nuisance in 14 days, with £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| Nuisance at 111 Culvert Road | Summons dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1907, on payment of £1 1s. 0d. costs. |
| Nuisance at 124 Meyrick Road. | Order for nuisance to be abated in 7 days, and £2 2s. 0d. costs |
| Failure to comply with Order to abate a nuisance at 24 York Road | Defendant fined £5 and £1 1s. 0d. costs. |
| The like. | Fined £15 and £5 5s. 0d. costs. |
| The like. | Fined £20 and £5 5s. 0d. costs. |
| The like. | Fined £33 and £21 costs. |
| Expenses in executing works at No. 33 Stewarts Road (£16 9s. 1d.) | Order for amount claimed and £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| Exposing two pieces of meat for sale in such condition as to be unfit for the food of man. | Fined £20. |
| Nuisance at 13 Knox Road | Dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1907, on payment of £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| Nuisance at 51 Sleaford Street | Order to abate the nuisance within 14 days. |
| Nuisance at 10 Strath Terrace | Summons withdrawn. (Property changed ownership.) |
| Nuisance at 89 Marney Road | Defendant's Solicitor having given an undertaking in Court for the nuisance to be abated, summons adjourned sine die, upon payment of £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| Nuisance at 7 Creek Street | Nuisance having been abated, summons withdrawn on payment of £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| Nuisance at 27 Belfour Street | The like. |
| Nuisance at 38 Woodgate Street | The like. |