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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| 1908. | 1908. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanitary Work completed : — | Sanitary Work completed:— | ||
| Urinals:— | Dust Bins:— | ||
| Constructed | 86 | Provided | 301 |
| Repaired or improved | 41 | Repaired | 22 |
| Cleansed | 56 | Fixed, abolished | 93 |
| Water Supply:— | |||
| Provided | 303 | Stables:- | |
| additional in tene | Drained | 22 | |
| ment houses | 281 | Paved | 29 |
| Reinstated | 25 | Cleansed | 15 |
| Cisterns fixed | 102 | Dung receptacles provided | 2 |
| cleansed | 181. | Dung accumulations re | |
| covered | 223 | moved | 69 |
| defective, abolished | 83 | ||
| Taps off main provided | 424 | ||
| Pipes repaired | 128 |
3,341 intimations of nuisances, &c., and 186 statutory notices were issued; 2,271 letters were written, and 681 interviews took place at the Office.
Police court proceedings for failure to comply with Statutory notices were taken with the following results :—
| Premises. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|
| 15, Aylesford Street (tenement house) | Insufficient dust-bin accommodation, and the sink waste pipe not discharging over a trapped gully | Ordered to abate the nuisance within 14 days and to pay 6s. costs. |
| 44, Vauxhall Bridge Road (tenement house) | The verminous condition of rooms and insufficient water supply to upper part of house | Ordered to abate the nuisance within 14 days and to pay 6*. costs. |
| 26, Carnaby Street (tenement house and workshops) | The absence of a proper and sufficient supply of water to rooms on upper floors | Ordered to abate within 14 days and to pay 6s. costs. |
| 7, Laundry Yard (tenements) | Dirty condition of walls and ceilings of ground floor; no water supply to upper part of house | The work was completed and the costs of 2s. paid in each case before hearing of summonses, which were withdrawn. |
| 12, St. John Street (tenements) | Absence of sufficient water supply ; defective flushing cisterns | |
| 8, Eccleston Place (dwelling house) | Drinking-water cistern inside w.c. apartment; w.c. pan broken; washhouse floor defective | The work having been done before the hearing of the summons, the magistrate made an order for 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 14, Johnson Place (tenement house) | The absence of proper water supply to upper floors | Order to abate within 14 days and 6s. costs. |
| 92, Brompton Road (workshop) | Damp workroom ; inefficient ventilation ; gas stoves in three workrooms being unventilated | Order made for the abatement of the nuisance within 7 days-and for payment of 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 38, Pulford Street (tenement house) | Absence of water supply to upper part of the house | Order made for work to be done within 14 days, and 6s. costs. |