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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
Kensington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Summary of Legal Proceedings.
| Nature of Offence. | Number of Summonses heard before the Magistrates. | Magistrates' Decisions. |
|---|---|---|
| Failure to carry out sanitary repairs. | 18 | Order made for work to be carried out within 14 days in 9 cases, within 21 days in 5 cases, and within 28 days in 2 cases. Summonses withdrawn, work having been carried out, in 2 cases.. |
| Failure to comply with the order made by the Justices requiring the execution of sanitary repairs. | 4 | Fined £5 in 1 case and £2 in 2 cases. Summonses adjourned sine die, work having been nearly completed, in 1 case. |
| Failure to comply with by-laws for Houses Let in Lodgings. | 15 | Fined £2 in 3 cases, 30/- in 1 case, £1 in 3 cases, and 10/- in 1 case. Summons adjourned sine die in 1 case, and summonses withdrawn, work having been carried out, in 6 cases. |
| Failure to provide a proper supply of water to the upper storeys. | 1 | Order made for work to be carried out within 21 days. |
| Failure to abate overcrowding. | 9 | Fined £2 in 1 case, £1 in 1 case, and 10/-in 2 cases. Summonses withdrawn, overcrowding having been discontinued, in 3 cases, and summonses adjourned sine die in 2 cases. |
| Failure to comply with the order made by the Justices to abate overcrowding | 1 | Fined £1. |
| Permitting overcrowding | 3 | Fined £2 in 1 case, and summonses adjourned sine die, overcrowding having been discontinued, in 2 cases. |
| Unlawfully removing or carrying through the public streets certain offensive or noxious matter during the hours prohibited for such removal or carriage. | 4 | Fined £5 and 5/- costs in 1 case, £5 in 2 cases and £2 in 1 case. |
| Unlawfully occupying an underground room as a dwelling. | 3 | Summons withdrawn, the use of the room as a sleeping place having been discontinued, in each case. |
| Unlawfully occupying an underground room as a dwelling, in respect of which a Closing Order was in force. | 2 | Fined £1 in 1 case, and summons adjourned sine die in 1 case. |
| Unlawfully permitting an underground room to be occupied as a dwelling. | 1 | Summons withdrawn, the use of the room as a sleeping place having been discontinued. |
| Unlawfully permitting an underground room to be occupied as a dwelling in respect of which a Closing Order was in force. | 1 | Summons adjourned sine die. |
| Failure to remove an accumulation of rubbish. | 1 | Order made for removal within 7 days. |