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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
Woolwich 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Legal Proceedings.— The particulars of the various prosecutions instituted
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and kindred Acts are set out in detail
in the following Table, No. 10.
TABLE No. 10.
Prosecutions under Public Health and kindred Acts.
| No. | Date of Hearing. | Offence. | Situation. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26th January | Defective wall plaster near door of top front room; dirty walls and ceilings of top floor landing, staircase leading from ground floor and ground floor passage; defective wall plaster and wooden flooring of ground floor passage; foul leaking sink waste drain from sink in scullery; dangerous defective handrail from basement staircase and dangerous defective treads and risers in same staircase. | 37, Rectory Grove | Work done. Summons withdrawn on payment of 10s.6d. costs. |
| 2 | 26th January | Insufficient Ashpit | 25, Belson Road | Work done. Summons withdrawn on payment of 10s.6d. costs. |
| 3 | 26th January | Defective W.C. flushing apparatus. | 25, Belson Road | Work done. Summons withdrawn on payment of 10s.6d. costs. |
| 4 | 28th February | Broken leaking drain of W.C. which has recently been improperly repaired and the said drain is choked. | 4, Inverness Place | Work done. Summons withdrawn on payment of 15s.0d. costs. |
| 5 | 5th May | Defective stove and flue causing smoke to enter ground floor back room. | 11, Blanmerle Road | Work done. Summons withdrawn on payment of 3s. 0d. costs. |
| 6 | 5th May | Did fail to notify a case of Scarlet Fever to the Medical Officer of Health under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | 20, Rhea Street | Ordered to pay £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| 7 | 27th June | Did have in his possession Rag Flock containing 140 parts per 100,000 of soluble Chlorine. | 148, Woolwich High Street. | Fined 20s. 0d., and £3 3s. 0d. costs. |
| 8 | 27th October | Did fail to provide a sufficient ashpit. | 117, Well Hall Road | Ordered to pay 20s. 0d. costs, and to provide dust bin within 7 days. |