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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
City of Westminster 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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A reference to the above table will show the important nature of
the work carried out by your Inspectors, and on comparing this
with the collective reports of the old authorities, bears favourable
comparison with the work done last year in the parishes which now
comprise the City of Westminster.
The results of such proceedings are shown below :—
| Ward. | Premises. | Court and Magistrate. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strand | 14 and 15, White Hart Street. | Bow Street | Premises unfit for habitation. | Closing order in each case and costs. |
| Pall Mall | 29, Whitcombe Street. | Great Marlborough Street. | Improperly altering a drain. | Fined £3 and costs. |
| Charing Cross | Tivoli Restaurant | Bow Street (Sir A. de Rutzen.) | Improperly altering a soil pipe. | Fined £2 and costs. |
| Regent | 6, Rupert Street .. | Great Marlborough Street. | Keeping animals so as to be a nuisance. | Fined £2 and costs. |
| St. Anne | 230, Sandringham Buildings. | Great Marlborough Street. (Mr. Fenwick.) | Do. do | Fined £5 and costs, and ordered to cleanse premises forthwith. |
| Charing Cross | Drury Lane House, Drury Lane. | Bow Street (Sir A. de Rutzen.) | Improperly altering a drain. | Fined 10/- and costs. |
| Strand | 7, Windsor Court. | Bow Street (Sir F. Lushington.) | Premises unfit for habitation. | Closing order and costs. |
| Strand | 36, Chancery Lane | Bow Street (Mr. Marsham.) | Defective drain | Order to do the work and pay costs. |
Bye-laws.
During the year the bye-laws regulating the construction of
drains, made by the London County Council under the Metropolis
Management Act, 1855, Section 202, were approved by the Local
Government Board, and since the date of their approval, viz.,
14th June, have been strictly enforced. The want of such bye-laws
had long been felt in London ; they have already proved beneficial,
and of great assistance to the Inspectors in the discharge of their
duties.
The Bye-laws under Sections 16 and 39 of the Public Health
(London) Act have been amended and approved by the Local
Government Board, and the sections relating to soil pipes, &c., are
now incorporated in the Drainage Bye-laws.
As regards these Bye-laws, Section 37 of the Public Health
Act, Sub-section 3, enacts :—
" It shall be the duty of every Sanitary Authority to observe and
enforce the Bye-laws made under this section, and any directions