London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Penge 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

This page requires JavaScript

17
The following is a summary of these cases :-
Case No. Result.
1. Nuisance Order made to do the work in 28 days and pay £1 9s. 6d. costs.
2. Nuisance Order made to do work in 28 days and pay £1 9s. 6d. costs.
3. Nuisance Order made to do work in 28 days and pay £1 9s. 6d. costs.
4. Nuisance Order made to do work in 14 days and pay 8s. 6d. costs.
5. Nuisance Order made to do work in 28 days and pay £1 9s. 6d. costs.
6. Work carried out prior to hearing. Summons withdrawn.
7. Appeal by Owner at West Kent Sessions against conviction by Penge
Justices. Appeal dismissed and owner ordered to pay £21 costs.
8. Nuisance Order made to do work in 28 days and pay £1 9s. 6d. costs.
9. Nuisance Order made to do work in 28 days and pay £1 9s. 6d. costs.
10. Nuisance Order made to do work in 28 days and pay 8s. 6d. Court costs.
11. Nuisance Order made to do work in 7 days and pay Court costs.
12. Nuisance Order made to do work in 28 days and pay £1 9s. 6d. costs.
13. Nuisance Order made to do work in 28 days. Fined £3 0s. Od. and
ordered to pay £1 9s. 6d. costs.
14. Nuisance Order made to do work in 28 days and pay £1 11s. 6d. costs.
15. Nuisance Order made to do work in 28 days.
16. Non-compliance with Court Order. Fined £5 0s. Od. and £1 Is. Od.
costs.
17. Summons withdrawn on payment of £1 Is. 0d. costs, the work having
been done before the adjourned hearing of case.
18. Non-compliance with Statutory Order-adjourned sine die, most of work
having been carried out prior to the hearing.
19. Nuisance Order made to do work in 28 days and pay £1 9s. 6d. costs.
20. Non-compliance with Nuisance Order. Fined £4 0s. Od. and to pay
£1 9s. 6d. costs.
21. Nuisance Order made to do work in 3 months and pay 10s. 6d. costs.
22. Public Health Act, 1936, Section 7. Appeal by owner against notice
to provide 2 dustbins allowed.
In addition to verbal intimation of defects found in premises, 961 written
informal notices and 81 statutory notices were served under the Public Health
Act, 1936.
Nine hundred and twelve intimation notices and 70 statutory notices
were complied with.
The Local Authority carried out, in default of the owners, the works
required by one statutory notice served under Section 45, two under Section 75
and six under Section 93 of the Public Health Act, 1936.
The Council also did the work required by eleven notices served under
Section 24 of the Public Health Act, 1936, respecting defective public sewers
at 16 premises.
The drainage systems of 49 premises were partially relaid and 80 cleared
of obstructions.