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Paddington 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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COMPULSORY REMOVAL OF AGED, INFIRM OR DISEASED PERSONS.
By virtue of Section 28 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1928, it is
possible in London to remove to a hospital or infirmary, by compulsion and under certain
circumstances, aged, infirm, sick or physically incapacitated persons.
The circumstances which may enable an order for removal to be obtained are somewhat
involved. Unless the person concerned is suffering from disease it is necessary for the premises
to be insanitary. It is in all cases necessary as well to prove that the person is not receiving
proper attention and that removal is necessary in the interests of the affected person and of
other persons.
No formal action was taken under this Section during the year, but several cases iij which
the removal of persons to hospital was considered necessary, were dealt with by means of
persuasion.
HEALTH EDUCATION,
A subscription of £3 3s. 0d. was paid to the Central Council for Health Education, a
body which concerns itself with rendering assistance to local authorities in the organisation of
health education work.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, 1932.
The results of the Summonses taken out during the year are summarised in the following tables:—
| Preamises. | Offience | Fine. | Costs. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| Suction 4. | |||||
| 13, Jonson Mews | Failing to reinstate water supply | Summons withdrawn | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bye-laws. | |||||
| 5, Chichester Street | Carrying out sanitary work without giving the Requisite notice and submitting plans | Summons withdrawn | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 81, Chippenham Road | Failing to provide a proper cover to the drinking water cistern | £2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| „ „ | Failing to place the cistern in a convenient position to enable the same to be cleansed | £2 | — | ||
| 21, Clifton Road | Failing to provide permanent openings to the external air for the ventilation of kitchen used for fish frying | £2 | — | ||
| 59, Lancaster Mews | Failing to give notice of alterations to water-closet and executing work in manner contrary to the bye-laws | Summons dismissed | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 8, Woodfield Place | Constructing waste pipe in a manner contrary to the bye-law | Bye-law complied with | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Public Healtd (London) Act, 1891, Section 47.
| Offence. | Fine. | Costs. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |||
| Exposing for sale two pigs' heads which were diseased and unfit for food of man | £2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Exposing for sale four pieces of lamb and being in possession of five chickens which were unsound | £10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Exposing for sale six rabbits which were unsound and unfit for food of man | £3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1922, Section 10. | |||||
| Premises. | Offence. | Fine. | Costs. | ||
| £ | s. | d. | |||
| 16, Walterton Road | Top floor bedroom verminous | Work done Summons witddrawn | 1 | 1 | 0 |