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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
Stepney 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Date. | Matter of Information or Complaint. | Result. |
|---|---|---|
| Public Health (London) Act, 1936. | ||
| 19th Jan. | Failing to make the roof of No. 3, Grosvenor Street weatherproof. | Pay £2 8s. 0d. costs and ordered to do work in fourteen days. |
| 25th Jan. | Failing to abate a nuisance caused by accumulation of rubbish at Turner House. | Work completed at time of hearing. Pay £2 5s. 0d. costs. |
| 26th Jan. | Failing to abate a nuisance caused by dirty walls and ceiling of room at 6, Milward Street. | Work completed at time of hearing. Pay £2 8s. 0d. costs. |
| 31st Jan. | Failing to abate a nuisance arising from defective and dirty walls and ceilings at 10, Edwards Road. | Work completed at time of hearing. Pay £2 5s. 0d. |
| 2nd Feb. | Failing to abate a nuisance arising from obstructed water-closet, defective dustbin; defective and dirty walls and ceilings at 33, Eric Street. | Work done at the time of hearing of summons. Pay £2 5s. 0d. costs. |
| 3rd Feb. | Failing to abate a nuisance arising from defective water-closet, pan and trap at 263, Fieldgate Mansions. | Work done at the time of hearing of summons. Pay £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| 9th Feb. | Failing to abate a nuisance caused by defective drain at 7, Milward Street. | Pay £2 8s. 0d. costs. Order to do work within 21 days. |
| 11th Feb. | Exposing for sale a tubercular pig's head and collar at 56, Watney Street on 21st December, 1937. | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act on payment of £5 5s. Od. costs. Defendant pleaded guilty. |
| 24th Feb. | Failing to abate a nuisance arising from defective roof, etc., at 79, Moody Street. | Fined £3. Pay £2 8s. 0d. costs. Order to do work within 14 days. |
| 16th March | Failing to keep the rooms in his occupation in a cleanly state. | Ordered to abate nuisance in seven days. Pay £2 8s. 0d. costs. |
| 23rd March | Depositing filth in a room where food was' deposited for the purpose of sale on 19th January. | Fined £1. Pay £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| 23rd March | Using as a sleeping place on 19th January, a room where food was deposited for the purpose of sale. | Summons dismissed. |
| 30th March | Failing to abate nuisance due to verminous rooms at 20, Brady Street Mansions, Brady Street. | Fined £5. Pay £2 8s. 0d. costs. Ordered to do work in 7 days. |
| 30th March | Exposing for sale a diseased (tuberculous) fowl on the 24th February, at 14, Hessel Street. | Fined £2. Pay £3 3s. 0d. costs. |
| 26th April | (i) Undertaking for reward the nursing and maintenance of a foster child without giving the requisite notice to the Council; and (ii) failing to give a similar notice to the Council of the removal of the child from her care after such removal. | Sent to prison for a period of four months with hard labour. |