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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
Shoreditch 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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tive drains or sewers. In 126 instances water supplies were restored to premises,
and on 105 premises leaky water pipes were repaired. Urinals were
constructed or reconstructed in 11 instances, and 22 were cleansed and repaired
Foul accumulations, causing, or likely to give rise to nuisance were dealt
with on 65 premises. In 14 instances animals were found to be stabled so as to
give rise to nuisance, and in 12 stables were paved or repaved, under the
supervision of the sanitary officers.
The foregoing summary includes the work carried out in dealing with
matters under the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, and also that done in
connection with the drains of new buildings.
The great bulk of the sanitary work carried out in the Borough was done in compliance with the requirements of intimation notices. With a view to enforcing the abatement of nuisances, statutory notices under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, were served upon the parties responsible in 265 instances. For non-compliance with statutory notices and for other infringements of the statute and the byelaws made thereunder, police court proceedings were taken as set out below : —
| Premises. | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|
| Alfred Place, No. 8 | Summons withdrawn, 2/- costs |
| ,, Terrace, No. 2 | „ „ |
| Curtain Road, No. 133 | Fined 10/- with 3 guineas costs |
| Crondall Street, No. 29 | Summons withdrawn, 1 guinea costs |
| Essex Street, No. 13 | ,, ,, 10/6 costs |
| Flower and Dean Street, No. 2 | Fined 4 0'- with 2/- costs |
| Gifford Street, No. 5 | 2 guineas costs allowed |
| Goldsmith Row, No. 144 | Order made with 1 guinea costs |
| Hare Walk, No. 19 | Bound over, 23/- costs allowed |
| „ „ No. 8 | Fined 12/- with 2/- costs |
| Phillip Street — | Fined 40/- |
| Kenning Terrace, No. 4 | Summons withdrawn, 2/- costs |
| Railway Arch, No. 405 | Order made with 10/- costs |
| ,, ,, No. 408 | Summons withdrawn, 2/- costs |
| ,, Arches, Nos. 405, 406, 407, 408 | Order made with 10/6 costs |
| Salisbury Street, No. 28 | Summons withdrawn, 10/6 costs |
| Wilkes Place, No. 18 | Fined £2 5/- with 2/- costs |
The proceedings in respect to the house in Alfred Place were taken against
the owner on account of the defective state of the roof; those in respect to
No. 2, Alfred Terrace were for absence of a proper water supply. The summonses
were withdrawn, the statutory notices having been complied with
before the cases came before the magistrate.