Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE V.
Whole Borough. | Whole Borough. | |||
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Complaints | 238 | Water fittings defective | 32 | |
Inspections. | Infectious Diseases | 704 | Yard or area paving defective | 103 |
Dwelling Houses | 2,368 | Roof or guttering defective | 166 | |
Lodging Houses | 1,352 | Accumulations | 133 | |
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milk shops | 474 | Premises dirty | 679 | |
Slaughter-houses | 16 | ,, overcrowded | 71 | |
Market Streets | 490 | „ other defects | 140 | |
Butchers' Shops | 164 | Underground rooms | 27 | |
Bakehouses | 140 | Animals improperly kept | 10 | |
Other Food Shops | 139 | Smoke nuisances | 12 | |
Other workshops | 272 | Other nuisances | 40 | |
Smoke Shafts | 34 | Intimation Notices Served for Workshops | 82 | |
Miscellaneous | 421 | |||
No. of Inspections | 6,973 | |||
Re-inspections | 6,542 | Dirty | 53 | |
Visits other than Inspections and Re-inspections | 3,077 | Waterclosets, defective or dirty | 26 | |
„ insufficient | 12 | |||
Total Inspections and Visits | 16,592 | Drains, soil-pipes, &c., defective | 1 | |
Improperly ventilated | - | |||
Intimation Notices Served | 2,010 | Overcrowded | 4 | |
Houses | 1,928 | Other nuisances | 7 | |
Waterclosets defective or dirty | 755 | |||
,, insufficient | 118 | Breach of Regulations:— Lodging Houses | 56 | |
Drains defective | 428 | |||
Soil pipes or waste pipes defective | 355 | Dairies, cowsheds, milk shops and slaughter-houses | 38 | |
Gullies defective | 95 | |||
Ash-bins defective | 125 | |||
„ absence of | 49 | Statutory Notices Served | 480 | |
Water supply defective | 14 | |||
„ cistern dirty or defective | 149 |
TABLE VI.
Date. | Name. | Address of Premises. | Offence. | Result. |
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1901. January 1 | Mr. W. Neale | 1,2 & 13½, Ormond Yard | Failure to provide proper W.C. accommodation | Summons dismissed |
,, | Mr. Spiller | 6, Ormond Yard | Do. do. | Work done; costs paid ; summons withdrawn |
,,... | Mr. Dynes | 36, 37 & 42, do. | Do. do. | Do. do. |
January 29 | Mr. James Kirk ... | 3, Bloomsbury Court | Overcrowding | Order to abate in 14 days; £ 1, 3s costs |
,, | Mr. J. B. Cole | 5, Museum Street | Absence of proper sanitary conveniences | Adjourned |
,, | Mrs. Waite | 15, Keppel Mews South | Defective W.C.; defective traps to stable drain; premises dirty | Order to close in 14 days; £1. 3s. costs |
,, | Mr. Blumenthal | 31, Betterton Street | Insufficient W.C. accommodation; defective ash-bin; defective water fittings | Order to abate in 14 days; defendant to pay £2. 2s. costs |
,, | The Owner | 13, Keppel Mews South | Dirty pan of W.C.; absence of cover to water cistern; defective water fittings; defective roof; premises dirty | Nuisance abated; costs paid; summons withdrawn |
,, | Mrs. Forster | 33, Great Wild Street | Defective drain | Work done ; costs paid; summons withdrawn |
,, | Mrs. Lee | 4, Smart's Buildings | Defective soil pipe and apparatus of W.C. | Work done; costs paid; summons withdrawn |
April 20 and May 7 | Mrs. Forster | 33, Great Wild Street | Failure to provide sufficient W.C. accommodation | Defendant convicted and fined 5s. and 3s. costs |