Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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(60) On May 22nd, Mrs Emily Marsden, a lodger at 161, Eastfield Street, was
fined 40s. and 23s. costs for overcrowding the ground floor front room.
(61) On May 22nd, Mr. James Durby, a lodger at 123, Eastfield Street, was
fined 40s. and 23s. costs for overcrowding the ground floor front room.
(62) On May 28th, Mr. Miller, the owner of 55, Cliicksand Street, was summoned
for failing to repair the yard paving and provide a dustbin. The Magistrate
made an order for the work to be done within 14 days, and 25s. oosts.
(63) On May 28th, the owner of 45, Brushfield Street, was summoned for noncompliance
with the notice of the Council to remedy a defective drain. The Magistrate
made an order for the necessary work to be completed within 14 days, and
granted 25s. costs.
(64) On May 28th, the owner of 24, Fort Street, was summoned for failing to
comply with a notice of the Council to remedy a defective drain. The Magistrate
made an order to complete the necessary work within 14 days, with 25s. costs.
(65) On May 28th, Mr. Fulford, a builder, of Morning Lane, Hackney, was
summoned for fixing a new pan and trap without giving the notice required under
the London County Council Bye laws. The Magistrate dismissed the summons,
though he stated that he ought to convict under the Bye-laws, but he would use
his own discretion.
(66) On May 29th, Mr. Charles Barnes, the keeper of 123, Eastfield Street, was
fined 20s. and 23s. costs for permitting overcrowding of the ground floor front room.
(67) On May 29th, Mr. Dennis Sullivan, a lodger at 148, Ben Jonson Road,
was fined 20s. and 23s. costs for failing to abate overcrowding of the first floor front
room.
(68) On May 29th, Mr. Marks Specterman, the owner of 214, High Street,
Shadwell, was summoned for a breach of Bye-law 9 (Houses Let in Lodgings), viz. :
Failing to keep the drain in good repair. The necessary work having been done,
the Magistrate ordered the defendant to pay 23s. costs.
(69) On May 29th, Mr. Marks Bernstein was fined 20s. and £2 4s. costs for
allowing an underground room at Fulcher's Buildings to be illegally occupied.
(70) On June 5th, Mr. William Wollrauch was summoned for failing to comply
with a notice of the Council to abate a nuisance at 98, Jamaica Street. The
nuisance complained of arose from defective paving of yard and no water supply to
w.c. The Magistrate fined defendant £5, with 23s. costs, and made an order to
abate as well as to prevent the recurrence of the nuisance.
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