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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On November 9th, Mr. Max Weinbaum, 28, Parfett Street, the owner of
75, Ernest Street, was fined £5 and 23s. costs for failing to comply with the
Council's notice to abate a nuisance arising from the defective condition of
the roof.
On November 16th, Mr. Israel Benjamin, 66, Bell Lane, was summoned
for failing to abate a nuisance arising from defective drainage. The Magistrate
made an order for the necessary work to be done in fourteen days, with
£2 4s. costs.
On November 22nd, Mr. Abraham Davis, 19 and 20, Aldgate, was summoned
for letting rooms at 52 Davis Mansions, which were unfit for human
habitation, owing to insufficient light and ventilation. The Magistrate made
an order to close the room, with 27s. costs.
On November 24th, Mr. Joseph Bergman was fined 7s. and 23s. costs for
illegally permitting to be occupied an underground room at 208, Jubilee
Street.
On November 30th, Mr. Gershon Harris, 459, Mile End Road, the owner
of 13, Wilkes Street, was fined 30s. and 23s. costs for failing to remedy the
defective condition of the w.c., which was insufficiently flushed.
On December 8th, Mr. David Cohen, 18, Cobb Street, Spitalfields, the
owner of 77, Cable Street, was summoned for failing to abate a nuisance
arising from the dark and dilapidated condition of the basement front room,
vhich was used for sleeping. The Magistrate granted a closing order, with
25s. costs.
On December 8th, Mr. Julius Blum, The Distillery, Homerton, the owner
of 110, Cable Street, was summoned for failing to abate a nuisance arising
from the dark, damp, and dilapidated condition of the basement room, which
was used as a bedroom. 1 he Magistrate granted a closing order, with 4s.
costs.
On December 21st, the owner of 147, Elsa Street, was summoned for failing
to comply with the Council's notice to abate nuisances arising from the
defective condition of the roof and other dilapidations. The Magistrate
granted a closing order, with 25s. costs.