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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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1912.
Sanitary Work completed: —
Water Supply:—
Provided 743
,, additional in tenement
houses 21
Cut off 58
Reinstated 26
Cisterns fixed 148
„ cleansed 252
„ covered 242
Cisterns defective,abolished 90
Taps off main provided 756
Pipes repaired 231
1912.
Sanitary Work completed: —
Dust Bins:—
Movable, provided 237
„ repaired 20
Fixed, abolished 23
Stables: —
Drained 38
Paved 34
Cleansed 78
Dung receptacles provided 24
Dung accumulations removed
73
2,784 intimations of nuisances, &c., and 114 statutory notices
(including 8 for smoke nuisances) were issued; 2,314 letters were
written, and 1,932 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. |
|---|---|---|
| 36, Marshall Street | Illegal occupation of underground rooms | Fined 49s. and 2s. 6d. costs. |
| 3, Lowndes Court As the defendant months later the magist | Insufficient water supply n this case had apparently made rate sentenced him to 21 days hare | Fined £3 including costs, no effort to pay the fine, two labour in the second division. |
| 13, Aylesford Street | Absence of proper flush to w.c.; obstructed waste pipe and sink; dirly and verminous rooms; overcrowding of three tenements | Order to abate; 27s. costs. |
| 14, Livonia Street | w.c. obstructed; areas littered with garbage; walls of areas dirty; dirty walls and ceilings of rooms | The work having been completed before the hearing, the defendant was ordered to pay 33s. costs. |
| 41 and 43, Wardour Street | Overcrowding workrooms | Prohibition Order and £3 3s. costs. |
| 14, New Bond Street | Failing to provide suitable w.c. accommodation at workshop | The work having been carried out between the service of the summons and the hearing, the summor s was withdrawn, defendant paying £2 2s. costs. |
| 132, Wilton Road | (a) Constructing w.c. without cistern | Nuisance remedied; to pay 25s. costs. |
| 61, York Street | Insufficient supply of water to house | Abatement Order within 14 days; to pay 6s. costs. |
| 7, Kinnerton Street | Dirty walls and ceilings; defective freslh air inlet to drain | Nuisance abated after service of summons ; to pay 24s. costs. |
Two persons were summoned one for refusal to admit and the other
for obstructing the Sanitary Inspector at 17, Pulford Street, the former
was fined 5s. and 2s. costs, the latter 10s. and 2s. costs.