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Stepney 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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in Blocks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. The summonses were
adjourned sine die, to enable the owner to carry out the necessary
work.
July 12th.—The owner of 7b, Christian Street was summoned
for letting the premises without a proper water supply.
Fined £5 and £1 3s. costs.
July 17th.—Closing orders were obtained in respect of Nos.
118 and 120, Elsa Street. Mr. John Cole, for refusing to leave
120, Elsa Street, after a closing order had been granted, was
fined £3 and £2 4s. costs.
September 4th.—The owner of 54, Commercial Road was
summoned for the insanitary position of the water cistern.
The cistern was cleansed and the summons withdrawn.
September 4th.—Proceedings were taken against the occupiers
of the Brewery, Brick Lane, for allowing black smoke to
issue from the shaft. Fined £2 and £1 3s. costs on each of
three summonses.
September 11th.—The owner of 17, Old Montague Street
was summoned for disobeying a Magistrate's Order of May 16th,
1901. Fined £1 and £2 2s. costs.
September 31st.—The owner of 6, Booth Street was summoned
for the defective condition of the drainage, &c. An
order was made to carry out the necessary work in 7 days, with
6s. costs.
October 11th.—Mr. Sprung, the owner of 78, Old Church
Road, was summoned for permitting a nuisance arising from a
defective w.c. drain. Order for the necessary work to be completed
in 14 days, with £1 5s. costs.
October 18th.—Mr. Finkelstein, St. Thomas's Road, the
owner of 11 and 12, Union Terrace, Eastfield Street, was summoned
for neglecting to provide a proper and sufficient supply