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Southwark 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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PROCEEDINGS TAKEN UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH, &c., ACTS.
106 summonses were taken out during the year 1911, in respect to
offences, particulars of which are set out below. The following table
shows the number of summonses taken out in each of the several Wards:—
TABLE 60.
| WARDS. | Total. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's. | St. Paul's. | St. Peter's. | St. John's. | Trinity. | All Saints' | St. Michael's. | St. Judes. | St. Georges. | Christchurch. | St. Saviour's. | West District. | East District. | Women's Workshops. | Bakehouses. | ||
| Number of Summonses taken out | 2 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 4 | — | — | 9 | 4 | — | — | 106 |
The above summonses had reference to the following:—
| Ordinary Nuisances | 88 cases |
| Unsound Food | 2 „ |
| Insufficient water supplies on upper floors of tenemented houses (London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907) | 6 „ |
| Neglecting to cleanse verminous rooms (London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904 | 5 „ |
| Disobedience of Magistrates' orders | 2 „ |
| Neglecting to cease to inhabit certain rooms (Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909 | 3 „ |
| 106 cases |
TABLE 61.
| These proceedings resulted as follows | |
| Summonses withdrawn, the Council's requirements having been complied with | 46 cases |
| Withdrawn, the property had changed hands since the service of the notice | 2 „ |
| Withdrawn, the drains were found to be not defective | 4 „ |
| Withdrawn, the person summoned was found not to be the owner of the premises | 1 case |
| Withdrawn on the advice of the Borough Solicitor, who thought Council could not prove the ownership of roadway in question | 8 cases |
| Magistrates' Orders made without penalties | 15 „ |
| Fines inflicted | 6 „ |
| Dismissed, a certificate was not produced in Court | 1 case |
| Dismissed, work done before hearing | 1 „ |
| Dismissed there was no evidence that an order of the Metropolitan Board of Works, dated October, 1855, had been carried out | 1 „ |
| Withdrawn, as the work was started | 14 cases |
| Not served, as the work was done | 3 „ |
| Adjourned sine die | 4 „ |
| 106 cases |