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Paddington 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS—1929.
The results of the Summonses taken out during the year are summarised in the following tables:—
| Premises. | Offence. | Fines. | Costs. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |||
| PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891. Section 4. | |||||
| 27, Ashmore Road | Walls of basement front room, walls and ceiling of ground floor front room dirty. Ground floor slip room and first floor rooms dirty. | Order made | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 227, Shirland Road | Gutter on main roof defective; basement scullery walls and ceiling dirty, ceiling dilapidated; basement back room floor defective; walls of passage and ceiling of back attic dirty; front attic window defective. | Order made | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| „ „ „ | Soil and ventilation pipe defective | Order made | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 251, Shirland Road | Walls of basement front and back rooms damp; wall of ground floor front room dilapidated; walls and ceilings of first floor rooms and water-closet and basement scullery and water-closet dirty; ceiling of first floor water-closet dilapidated; main roof defective. | Order made | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 84, Talbot Road | Water-closet and roof defective | Work done | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8, Tavistock Crescent | Staircases, passages, first floor back room, second floor front rooms and attic dirty; basement food cupboard, passage walls and scullery dirty and dilapidated; basement back room damp and dilapidated; ground floor scullery dirty; drain and waste stack foul; first half landing water-closet dirty and woodwork broken. | Order made | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Section 37. | |||||
| 61, Hall Place | Dustbin insufficient | Notice complied with Summons withdrawn | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Bye-laws. | |||||
| 10, Clarendon Street | Annual cleansing not carried out | Work done | 5 | 15 | 6 |
| 10, „ „ | Window sash cords and water-closet door defective. | Work done Summonses withdrawn | — | ||
| 12, „ „ | Annual cleansing not carried out. Staircase and window sash cords defective. | ||||
| 21, „ „ | Annual cleansing not carried out. Staircase and window sash cords defective. | ||||
| 22, „ „ | Annual cleansing not carried out. Staircase and water-closet door defective. | ||||
| 27, Cuthbert Street | Dustbin and cords of staircase window defective | Work done Summonses withdrawn | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 61, Hall Place | Staircase and cords of staircase windows defective. | Work done Summonses withdrawn | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4, Paignton Street | Annual cleansing not carried out | Work done | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 70b, Portsdown Road | Improperly constructing a water-closet | £0 10s. 6d. | — | ||
| 227, Shirland Road | Yard paving defective | £2 2s. 0d. | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 84, Talbot Road | Water-closets without proper water supplies | Work done | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10, Warwick Crescent | Annual cleansing not carried out | Work done | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4, Woodchester Street | Window sash cords broken in first floor front room and top floor back room. | Work done | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 75, Woodchester Street | Nosings and treads of staircase out of repair | Work done Summons withdrawn | — | ||
| 75, „ „ | Annual cleansing not carried out | £2 0s. 0d. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 77, „ „ | Window cords broken in first floor front room. Window cords defective on first landing; staircase out of repair. Annual cleansing not carried out. | Work done Summonses withdrawn | — | ||
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1922.
| 4, Paignton Street | Section 10. Basement front room verminous | Work done | 0 10 6 | ||
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.
| Offence. | Fines. | Costs. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Milk.— 8.94 per cent. of added water | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| ,, 16.23 per cent. ,, ,, | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| „ 17.53 per cent. of added water and deficient in fat to the extent of 23 per cent. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||