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St Pancras 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Legal Proceedings.
The following prosecutions were undertaken during 1946 in respect of general sanitary work:-
| Date of Hearing | Address | Offence | Result of Proceedings, Court and Magistrate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23.1.46 | 1, Wesleyan Place | Main roof leaking | Work in progress. Adjourned sine die. Costs £2 2s. Mr. Ronald Powell, Marylebone. |
| 4.3.46 | 56, Birkenhead Street | Defective grate | Work completed. Costs £3 3s. Mr. Bertram Reece, Clerkenwell.* |
| 4.3.46 | 19, Drummond Street | Ceiling damp in second floor back room. Guttering defective over second floor back room. Defective wall plaster in first floor back room. Defective window frame in third floor back room | Adjourned sine die for work to be completed. Costs, £3 3s. Mr. Bertram Reece, Clerkenwell.* |
| 30.4.46 | 25, Healey Street | Defective plaster to walls of attic room. An occupied house without a proper and sufficient supply of water to the tenants of first and second floors | Work completed. Summons withdrawn. Costs £3 3s. Mr. Ronald Powell, Marylebone.* |
| 28.5.46 | 14, William Road | Basement front room and passage damp; waste pipe of sink at rear defective and improperly discharging over yard | Adjourned sine die. Work now completed and £1 2s. costs received. Mr. Ronald Powell, Clerkenwell. |
| 4.6.46 | 13, Lancing Street | Ground floor and first floor walls and ceilings dirty. Main roof defective. Staircase ceiling plaster defective. Doors defective | Nuisances abated. Summonses withdrawn. Costs £5 5s. Mr. Bertram Reece, Clerkenwell. |
| 4.6.46 | 14, Lancing Street | Ground floor walls and ceilings dirty | |
| 20.6.46 | 121, Albert Street | Main roof defective | Nuisance abated. Summons withdrawn. Costs £2 2s. Mr. Ivan Snell, Marylebone. |
| 25.6.46 | 50, Lulot Street | Back addition roof defective | Cases adjourned sine die for work to be completed. Costs £2 2s. Mr. Daniel Hopkins, Clerkenwell.* |
| 25.6.46 | 50, Lulot Street | Ceiling plaster loose and defective, first floor back room | |
| 2.7.46 | 12, Lancing Street | Roof defective and rain leaking into first floor rooms and down staircase | Case adjourned sine die for work to be completed. Costs £3 3s. Mr. Frank Powell, Clerkenwell. |
| 6.8.46 | 27, Oakford Road | Main drain stopped | Adjourned without date, owner agreeing to execute necessary work. Costs £2 2s. Mr. Bertram Reece, Clerkenwell. |
| 21.8.46 | 21, Prince of Wales Road | Walls and ceilings of front and back rooms damp. Rain water pipe defective to W.C. apartment | Work completed. Summons withdrawn. Costs £2 2s. Mr. Ronald Powell, Marylebone. |
| 8.8.46 | 9, Dunollie Place | Water supply in improper position in W.C. apartment on first floor | Work in progress Summonses adjourned without date. Costs £3 3s. Mr. Bertram Reece, J Clerkenwell.* |
| 8.8.46 | 10, Dunollie Place | A tenement house without a proper and sufficient supply of water to top storey | |
| 26.8.46 | 68, Lulot Street | Walls damp. Roofs leaking. Yard W.C. basin foul, and fitting leaking. Window frame defective. Wallpaper loose and hanging. Flooring defective | Work in progress. Adjourned without date. Costs £4s. Mr. Bertram Reece, Clerkenwell † |
* See also under Housing Act, 1936.
† See also under Housing Act, 1936, and L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1928.