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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
Southwark 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Defendant. | Cause of Proceedings. | Result. |
|---|---|---|
| The Governors of Guy's Hospital | Neglecting to abate nuisance from black smoke from shaft at Guy's Hospital | Fined £5 and 2/- costs |
| The City of London Electric Lighting Co., Ltd. | Neglecting to abate nuisance from black smoke from shaft at Bankside station | Summons dismissed (taken with next summons) |
| The City of London Electric Lighting Co., Ltd. | Neglecting to abate nuisance from black smoke from shaft at Bankside station | Fined £10 and 2/- costs |
| Thomas Hornsby | Evposing for sale three baskets of unsound plums in Borough Market | Fined £4 and 2/- costs |
| Nokes & Nokes | Neglecting to remedy defective drain at 27, Inville road | Summons withdrawn for re-service of notice (on a technical point) |
| Edgar H. Billinghurst | Neglecting to provide proper means of ventilation at 148, Hillingdon street | Summons withdrawn, notice complied with |
| H. & C. Quodling | Neglecting to properly cover fish offal van (Old Kent road) | Fined £2 and 2/- costs |
| Charles Levy | Exposing for sale unsound pears at 188, Borough High street | Summons dismissed (the Magistrate stating that pears "so soon go bad") |
| The National Model Dwellings Co., Ltd. | Neglecting to remedy defective closet pans and other insanitary conditions at 7, 11, 12, 32, 33, 38, 40, 52, 55, 58, 59, 60, 106, 107, 169, 196, 225, 226, and 267, Scovell road, and 23 and 90, Collinson street | Fined £5/5/- and £5/5/- costs and ordered to do work within one month |
| Marian Clark | Neglecting to remedy defective water fittings and to cleanse foul rooms at 59, Falmouth road | Ordered to do all the work with the exception of the foul rooms, which were not set out in the notice |
| A. Barsht | Neglecting to remedy defective drain and other insanitary conditions at 271, Walworth road | Summons withdrawn, drain made water-tight only |