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Paddington 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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60 appendix : legal proceedings.
TABLE 22.
Legal Proceedings—1923.
| Premises. | Offence. | Fines. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891. | |||||||
| Section 4. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 14, 30, 32,34,Brindley Street | Insufficient water supplies (4 summonses) | Additional taps provided | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 5, Chilworth Mews | Roof, walls and ceiling of room defective | Order made | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 9, Clarendon Street | Burst water pipe causing dampness | Work done. | 0 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 54, „ | Roofs, guttering and w.c. defective | „ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 110, „ | Washhouse paving and ventilating pipe defective (2 summonses) | „ | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 6, Dudley Place | Cats improperly kept | Order made | |||||
| 277, Harrow Road | Failing to reinstate water supply | Re-instated | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 59, Hereford Road | Drain defective | Order made | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1, Kildare Gardens | Steps over lobby defective, drain and waste stacks foul, fungus in vault | „ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Lanark Mews... | Roofs defective (5 summonses) | Dismissed | |||||
| 2 and 5, „ | W.C.'s in direct communication with kitchens, soil pipes improperly constructed | Order made | |||||
| 4, „ | W.C. in direct communication with bedroom, soil pipe improperly constructed | „ | |||||
| 18, Netley Street | Sink and windows defective (2 summonses) | Work done | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 9 it 10, Pressland Street | Walls damp (2 summonses) | Order made | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 42, Torquay Street | Room damp | „ | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 16, Walterton Road | Failing to amend water closet | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23, Woodchester Street | Fowls improperly kept | Order made | |||||
| Section 37. | |||||||
| 72, Cirencester Street | Premises without a proper dustbin | Provided | withdrawn | ||||
| 52, Warrington Crescent | „ „ „ „ | „ | 0 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 59, „ | „ „ „ „ | „ | 0 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Section 47. | |||||||
| 50, Great Western Road | Exposing for sale unsound tomatoes and pieces of apples, oranges and lemons (2 summonses) | 20 0 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| By-laws. | |||||||
| 7, Albert Street | Failing to carry out annual cleansing | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21, Campbell Street | Area paving and copper defective (2 summonses) | Work done | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 72, Cirencester Street | Insufficient water supply to w.c | II | withdrawn | ||||
| „ | W.C. pan foul | „ | „ | ||||
| „ | Manhole cover broken | „ | |||||
| „ | Rooms dirty | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| „ | W.C. doors defective | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| „ | Copper defective | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| „ | Paving of areas defective | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| „ | Staircase without proper ventilation | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| „ | Failing to remedy contraventions of By-laws with respect to which fines were imposed. (5 summonses) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18, Clarendon Street | Failing to abate overcrowding | Abated | withdrawn | ||||
| 54, „ | W.C. door without fastenings | Work done | „ | ||||
| 69, Cirencester Street | Rooms and staircase dirty | „ | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 110, Clarendon Street | Rooms dirty, sash cords defective (2 summonses) | „ | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 54, Kensal Road | W.C. door without proper fastening | „ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 176, „ | Insufficient w.c. accommodation | „ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2, 4, & 5, Lanark Mews | Failing to submit plans of new w.c.'s, constructing new w.c.'s in an improper manner (11 summonses) | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 9, Modena Street | Sash cords defective, w.c. door without proper fastenings | Work done | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| „ | Copper defective | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2, Senior Street | Rooms dirty, etc. (2 summonses) | Work done | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 69, Westbourne Terrace: | Failing to give notice of construction of new w.c. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| „ | Executing work in manner contrary to By-laws | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| — | Removing offensive refuse during prohibited hours | Dismissed | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT, 1922.
Section 10.
28, Campbell Street ... Rooms verminous ... ... ... ... ... Adjourned sine die
SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS UNDER SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, 1875-1907.
| Fines. | Costs. | |||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Milk 13%deficient in fat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| „ 8% | Dismissed | |||||
| 6% | Dismissed | |||||
| 10% | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| „ 19% | — | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 12% „ „ | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 19% | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 7% | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 8% | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 12% | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| No previous convictions. | ||||||