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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
West Ham 1893
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Date. | Name. | Address; | Cause of Prosecution. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24th April | George Bish | 211, High Street, Stratford. | Non-compliance with terms of notice to remedy sanitary defects at 211, High Street, Stratford. | Fined is., and 8s. costs, and an order made to prevent a recurrence of the nuisance. |
| Do. | Mrs. Randall | Melrose House, Romford Road. | Non-compliance with terms of notice to remedy sanitary defects at 63, Water Lane, Stratford. | Case withdrawn through inability to prove ownership. |
| 24th May | Charles Hall | 2, Paul Street, West Ham. | Exposing for sale 2 lbs. brawn unfit for human food. | Fined £1, and 17s. 6d. costs. |
| Do. | Thomas Young | 20, Broadway, Barking | Non-compliance with terms of notices to remedy sanitary defects at Nos. 4, 8, 10, and 12, Agate Street, 7, Randolph Road, and 28, Tucker Street, Canning Town. | Fined £2, and £3 5s. 6d. cost. |
| 5th July | George Douglas | Prince Regent's Lane, Canning Town. | Selling milk, 11 per cent. added water. | Fined £1, and 19s. 6d. costs. |
| Do. | Sarah Ann Bye | 33, Randolph Road, Custom House. | Selling milk, 17 per cent. added water. | Fined £2, and 19s. 6d. costs. |
| Do. | Henry Davis | 7, Kelland Road, Plaistow | Selling milk 7 per cent. added water | Fined £2, and 19s. 6d. costs. |
| Do. | Henry Hooker | 73, High Street, Plaistow | Selling milk 25 per cent. added water | Fined £3, and 19s. 6d. costs. |
| 12th July | Henry Wagstaff | 68, Victoria Dock Road, Canning Town. | Exposing for sale four pieces of beef, and six pieces of mutton, unfit for human food. | Fined £2 10s., and £1 18s. 6d. costs. |
| 4th Oct. | Frederick John Folkard | 50, Stratford Road, Plaistow. | Selling margarine which was not duly branded or durably marked. | Fined £5, and costs. |
| Do. | William Marshall | 78, Stratford Road, Plaistow. | Selling margarine which was not duly branded or durably marked. | Fined £3, and £1 is. costs. |
| Do. | Benjamin Swan | 72, Chargeable Street, f laistow. | Non-compliance with terms of notice to abate nuisance at 72, Chargeable Street. | Fined £2, and costs. |
| Do. | George Allard | Laurel Farm, East Ham | Fish offal van passing along Barking Road during prohibited hours. | Find £2, and 7s. costs. |
| 18th Oct. | Joseph Smith | 219, Barking Road, Canning Town. | Exposing for sale beef unfit for human food. | Fined £5, and 10s. costs. |
| Do. | Henry Hudson | 20, Clarence Terrace, Becton Road. | Exposing for sale grapes, unfit for human food, on a stall in Victoria Dock Road. | Fined £1 is., and 10s. costs. |