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 May 26th, Mr. Abraham Bloom, 37, Raven Row, was fined £3 and
23s. costs for permitting overcrowding of his workshop.
On June 30th, Mr. William Haggerty, a lodger at 10, Black Bull Court,
was lined 28s. and 2s costs for failing to comply with the Council's notice to
abate overcrowding of the first floor room.
On July 7th, Mr. Alexander Stankowsky, a lodger at 1046, Stepney
Green, was fined Is. and 23s. costs for overcrowding the second floor room.
The overcrowding had been abated at the time of the hearing of the summons.
On July 27th, Mr. Patrick Bryan, a lodger at 5, Black Bull Court, was
fined £2 and 23s. costs for overcrowding the ground floor front room.
On August 10th, Mr. Harry Norwood, a lodger of 233, High Street,
Shadwell, was fined 12s. for overcrowding the first floor back room.
On October 20th, Mr. Thomas Pitman, a lodger at 148, Ben Jonson Road,
was fined 20s. and 23s. costs for overcrowding the front basement room.
On October 31st, Mr. William Grand, 1, Black Bull Court, was charged
on a warrant with overcrowding the first floor front room of 22, Sage Street,
and was fined 13s. and 27s. costs.
On November 9th, Mr. Jacob Brass of 4, Umberston Street, was fined £9
and £2 6s. costs for overcrowding the workshop.
| Fines. | Costs. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Under the Public Health (London) Act for various nuisances | 42 | 15 | 0 | 61 | 15 | 0 |
| For selling unsound food ... | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Overcrowding under the Public Health Act and Bylaws for Houses Let in Lodgings | 34 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| Under the Bylaws for Houses let in Lodgings | 35 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 0 |
| Under the Dairies and Cowsheds Order | 51 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 0 |
| Under the Food and Drugs Acts | 155 | 11 | 1 | 78 | 7 | 0 |
| £342 | 12 | 1 | £211 | 15 | 0 | |