Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| No. of Street or Name of Premises or Locality, &c. | Nature of Complaint. | Date of Attendance at Police Court. | Result. | Name of Officer. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse and Cattle Slaughterer | Summoned for conveying the carcase of a dead horse along Guildford Road and not using a properly constructed vehicle, contrary to the Bye-laws made by the London County Council. | 18th May | 3/- penalty, 23/- costs | Mr. Johnson. |
| Eddison Steam Rolling Co., Ltd | Smoke nuisance. Using a locomotive in Bow Road which did not consume as far as practicable its own smoke. Highways and Locomotives Acts. | 25th May adjourned to 22nd June. | £3 penalty, £2 2s. costs | Mr. Field. |
| 97, Stebondale Street | Seizure of three tins of sardines unfit for the food of man. Occupier of premises and owner of tins summoned. Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | 22nd June | £5 penalty, 23/- costs | Mr. Foad. |
| 86, Sussex Street | Defective drain and no proper under-floor ventilation. Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | 3rd September adjourned to 10th September. | "Abatement order" 14 days, 23/-costs. | Mr. Johnson. |
| 2, Charles Street | Defective roof and yard paving, no proper and sufficient rain water pipe. Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | 15th October | "Abatement order" 7 days, 2G/-costs. | Mr. Johnson. |
| 3, Charles Street | Builder summoned for repairing the drain so as to be a nuisance and injurious and dangerous to health. Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | 15th October | £G penalty, £2 2s. costs | Mr. Johnson. |
| 460, Old Ford Road (workshop) | Occupier summoned for not keeping in the workshop in the prescribed form and manner and with the prescribed particulars, list showing names and addresses of his outworkers. Factory and Workshop Act. | 18th October adjourned to 25th October. | 10/- penalty, 23/- costs | Miss Tattersall |
| 1, Hawgood Street | Defective sink. Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 9th November adjourned to 25th November. | £4 penalty, 23/- costs | Mr. Langley. |
| 2, Hawgood Street | Defective cone and broken w.c. pan, rain water pipe defective, no eaves gutter to wash-house sink waste pipe, and roof to back addition defective. No window to wash-house. Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | As above. | £4 penalty, 23/- costs | Mr. Langley. |
| 17, Hawgood Street | Cone of w.c. pan and caves gutters to wash-house defective, no window to wash-house, roof of wash-house defective, window sashes of first floor slip room defective. Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | As above. | £4 penalty, 23/- costs | Mr. Langley. |
| 20, Hawgood Street | Eaves gutter to wash-house and sink pipe defective. Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | As above. | £4 penalty, 23/- costs | Mr. Langley. |
| 87, Stebondale Street | Roof of scullery, the sink waste pipe and yard paving defective. Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | 30th November | Work completed, summons withdrawn. Owner paid 44/- costs. | Mr. Foad. |
| 20, Gaselee Street | Front room second floor overcrowded. Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | 17th December | Nuisance abated on date of hearing. 7/6 penalty inflicted including costs. | Mr. Bullock. |
| 277, Roman Road (tripe dressing premises) | Boiling copper not properly covered, vapour escaping into external atmosphere instead of being conveyed through furnace fire. Bye-laws under the Slaughterhouses (Metropolis) Act, 1874. Offence 1st October. | 20th December | Defects remedied, summons withdrawn. £3 3s. costs to Council. | Mr. Boyce. |
| As above | As above. Offence 16th October. | 20th December | Defects remedied, summons withdrawn. Costs included in above. | Mr. Boyce. |
| As above | Boiling coppers (two) not kept thoroughly clean. Offence 16th October. | 20th December | Defects remedied, summons withdrawn. Costs included in above. | Mr. Boyce. |