[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel] page 44

Whitechapel 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: PROCEEDINGS TAKEN UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.

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PROCEEDINGS TAKEN UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.

Situation of Premises.	Nature of Nuisance or Complaint.	Date of hearing of Summons.	Result.
11, Bell Lane	Walls and ceilings of bouse dirty and dilapidated	1895. Jan. 11th	House ordered to be closed forthwith.
11, Bell Lane	The first floor rooms overcrowded and indecently occupied	„ 11th	Adjourned sine die.
14, Great Garden Street	Exposing for sale a quantity of eggs unfit for human food	„ 17th	Fined £5 and 2s. costs.
Hanbury Street	Exposing a child in the public thoroughfare while suffering from Diphtheria	„ 17th	Defendant absconded.
33, Lamb Street	No water supply for domestic use	Feb. 6th	House ordered to be closed forthwith.
9a, Chicksand Street	The Workshops and their appurtenances in such a condition as to render such Workshops totally unfit for occupation	March 21st	Workshops ordered to be closed forthwith.
19, Thrawl Street	Drying or curing fish in a shed without a flue, such drying or curing being effected by burning wood, which emits smoke so as to be a nuisance	„ 21st	Order to abate nuisance within 14 days.
27, Old Montague Street	Bakehouse in such a condition as to render it unfit for use	„ 21st	Summons dismissed on the objection that the person summoned was not the occupier. N.B.-—The required works were subsequently carried out.
148, Old Montague Street	Bakehouse in such a condition as to render it unfit for use	„ 21st	Order to put Bakehouse in a proper sanitary condition within 7 days. N.B.—Bakehouse subsequently disused.
12, Hanbury Street	The carrying on the business of frying fish, from which noxious and offensive effluvia arises	„ 21st	Nuisance abated. Summons withdrawn.
19, Hanbury Street	The carrying on the business of frying fish from which noxious and offensive effluvia arises	„ 21st	Nuisance abated. Summons withdrawn.
4, Booth Street	Insufficient water closet accommodation. The water apparatus in existing water closet defective	April 9 th	Order to carry out necessary works within 14 days.