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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

Stoke Newington 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS DURING 1937

SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS DURING 1937

Offence.Magistrate's Decision.Fine.Costs.
£s.d.£s.d.
Housing Act, 1936—
(1) Permitting the offence of overcrowding.(1) Fined200—
(2) Failing to insert in a rent book a summary of the overcrowding provisions of the Housing Act, 1936, and a statement of the number of persons permitted to occupy the house.(2) Fined500200
Public Health (London) Act, 1936— Causing a nuisance under Sec. 82Dismissed—220
L.C.C. Byelaws Regulating Business of Rag and Bone Dealers— Exchanging toys for old clothesDismissed (Probation of Offenders Act)—020
L.C.C. Drainage Byelaws— Failure to give notice of drainage work Work contrary to Byelaws.Fined0100020
Council's Byelaw—
Fouling of Public Footways by DogsFined050—