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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April 4th. Mr. Abraham Lassman, a lodger of No. 8, Fashion Street, was
summoned for overcrowding the ground floor front and back rooms.
He was fined £4 and 2s. costs.
April 4th. Mr. Morris Levy, a lodger of No. 8, Fashion Street, was summoned
for overcrowding the second floor back room.
He was fined £3 and 2s. costs.
May 30th. Mr. Barnet Berkofsky, of No. 63, King Edward Road, Hackney,
the owner of No. 18, Twine Court, was summoned for failing to cleanse the
premises under the by-laws for houses let in lodgings.
He was fined £3 and 23s. costs.
October 10th. Mr. Joseph Donn, of 25, Princelet Street, Spitalfields, the
owner of Nos. 113, 119 and 121, Hanbury Street, was summoned for failing
to comply with by-law No. 14, requiring him to cleanse the walls and ceilings
of the premises. The work being completed the summonses were withdrawn on
payment of £2 4s. costs in each case.
November 5. Mr. Louis Schwartz was summoned for overcrowding the
inner room of No. 11 tenement, Fleur de Lis Street Buildings.
He was fined 30s. and 10s. costs, or 10 days.
November 15. Mr. John Osborne, a lodger of No. 30, Christian Street,
was summoned under the by-laws for overcrowding the second floor back
room. The Magistrate adjourned the summons for seven days to allow the
defendant to move, and on his second appearance he suggested that the
summons should be withdrawn, which was done.
| Fines. | Costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Public Health (London) Act for various nuisances | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||
| 71 | 13 | 0 | 95 | 5 | 6 | |
| For selling unsound food | 238 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
| By-laws for Houses let in Lodgings | 16 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 0 |
| General Powers Act, 1904 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| Metropolis Management Act | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Food and Drugs Acts | 129 | 9 | 0 | 74 | 6 | 0 |
| Dairies and Cowsheds Order | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 462 | 13 | 0 | 249 | 5 | 6 | |