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City of London 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Sanitary Inspections During 1902, compared with previous five years.

Year.Inspections made.Sanitary Improvements effected.Notices served.
18978,7331,109944
18987,4441,1411,221
18998,0871,4701,397
19009,2211,4471,125
19019,8361,3791,286
Average previous five years8,6641,3091,195
19029,0441,2741,131

The apparent reduction in the amount of work performed by the Sanitary
Inspectors is due to the fact that the work done under the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, is not included in the above Table, and will be found in
detail on page 61.
Full details of this and every other branch of departmental work are laid
before each meeting of the Sanitary Committee.
In the course of the year there were four cases, when, owing to noncompliance
with Notice to remedy sanitary defects, it was found necessary to
refer the particulars to the City Solicitor, and in each instance the work was
subsequently carried out without further legal proceedings.
The following are the places referred to:—
1, Beech Street Dirty staircase.
1 and 2, Beech Street Defective water-closet and soil pipe.
4a, Bury Street Defective drain.
148a, Queen Victoria Street W.C. unventilated.
Summonses were issued in the three following cases :—

PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.

Date.Name.Business.Address.Where heard.Before whom.Offence.Result,
1902. May 22Joseph PerryBookbinderNo. 19, Shaftesbury Place, Aldersgate Street.Guildhall Justice Room.Mr. Aid. Strong.Permitting overcrowding on the second floor of No. 19, Shaftesbury Place.*Fined £2 and 2s expenses.
J une 3JohnBenjamin Kyffin.Surveyor and Agent.Toksowa House, Dulwich Common.DittoDittoPermitting overcrowding on thefirst floor of No. 13, Shaftesbury Place.Fined £5 and £2 2s. expenses.
„ 3DittoDittoDittoDittoDittoPermitting overcrowding at No. 13, Shaftesbury Place to continue for 16 days.*Fined £2 and 5*. per day for 16 days.
Dec. 2Nokes and Nokes.Surveyors20, Ironmonger Lane.DittoAid. Sir D. Evans.Non-completion of sanitary workat No. 13, Chapel Street.No order made.

*Conviction appealed against. Appeal dismissed with Costs, 27th March, 1903.