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19ad74ea-cbfa-438b-bd1a-d73948d6b5c2 | We have no hesitation, therefore, in recommending that steps should be taken to secure this result. Whether the duty of providing calf-lymph should be undertaken by the Local Government Boards in the several parts of the United Kingdom, or whether some other method would be more advantageous, can be better determined by those who have had practical acquaintance with the wqrking of the vaccination laws. In connection with this subject, our attention has heen drawn to the experiments recently made by Dr. Copeman as to the effect of the storage of vaccine lymph in glycerine. The conclusions at which he arrives are that the addition of glycerine, whilst it leaves the efficacy of the lymph undiminished or even increases it, tends to destroy other organisms. If it be the fact that the efficacy of the lymph remains unimpaired, its storage in glycerine would largely diminish the difficulties connected with the use of calflymph, which are inseparable from calf to arm vaccination. |
4f2c399d-fc7e-4d70-ad26-df7f8a199ebc | If lymph is to be preserved in glycerine, due care would be requisite to ensure its purity and the absence of contamination in its introduction. We think that, whether mixed with glycerine or not, each tube should contain only sufficient lymph for the vaccination of one person. We have no difficulty in answering the question, what means other than vaccination can be used for diminishing the prevalence of Small-Pox ? We think that a complete system of notification of the disease, accompanied by an immediate hospital isolation of the persons attacked, together with a careful supervision, or, if possible, isolation for sixteen days of those who had been in immediate contact with them, could not but be of very high value 76 in diminishing the prevalence of Small-Pox. |
2a240b06-6a68-415c-aaec-294925a633a7 | It would be necessary, however, to bear constantly in mind as two conditions of success, first, that no considerable number of Small-Pox patients should ever be kept together in a hospital situate in a populous neighbourhood, and secondly, that the ambulance arrangements should be organised with scrupulous care. If these conditions were not fulfilled, the effect might be to neutralise or even do more than counteract the benefits otherwise flowing from a scheme of isolation. The question we are now discussing, must, of course, be argued on the hypothesis that vaccination affords protection against Small-Pox. Who can possibly say that if the disease once entered a town, the population of which was entirely or almost entirely unprotected, it would not spread with a rapidity of which we have in recent times had no experience, or who can foretell what call might then be made on hospital accommodation if all those attacked by the disease were to be isolated ? A priori reasoning on such a question is of little or no value. |
d6016dac-244f-4239-9fe2-48cd6309500f | We can see nothing, then, to warrant the conclusion that in this country vaccination might safely be abandoned, and replaced by a system of isolation. If such a change were made in our method of dealing with Small-Pox, and that which had been substituted for vaccination proved ineffectual to prevent the spread of the disease (it is not suggested that it could diminish its severity in those attacked), it is impossible to contemplate the consequences without dismay. To avoid misunderstanding, it may be well to repeat that we are very far from underrating the value of a system of isolation. We have already dwelt upon its importance. But what it can accomplish as an auxiliary to vaccination is one thing, whether it can be relied on in its stead is quite another thing. Our attention has been drawn to the circumstances that outbreaks of Small-Pox have not unfrequently had their origin in the 77 introduction of the disease to common lodging-houses by tramps wandering from place to place. |
78d5885d-a4a5-489a-af68-0fe0545ccad3 | In view of this we make the following recommendations : — (i) That common shelters which are not now subject to the law relating to common lodging-houses should be made subject to such law. (ii) That there shall be power to the local authority to require medical examination of all persons entering common lodging-houses and casual wards to see if they are suffering from Small-Pox, and to offer a reward for prompt information of the presence of the disease. (iii) That the local authority shall have power to order the keeper of a common lodging-house in which there has been Small-Pox to refuse fresh admissions for such time as may be required by the authority. (iv) That the local authority should be empowered to require the temporary closing of any common lodginghouse in which Small-Pox has occurred. (v) That the local authority shall have power to offer free lodgings to any inmate of a common lodging-house or casual ward who may reasonably be suspected of being liable to convey Small-Pox. |
59fbdfe1-b2ad-4875-b5ea-c6435783b5f0 | (vi) That the Sanitary Authority should give notice to all adjoining Sanitary Authorities of the occurrence of Small-Pox in common lodging-houses or casual wards. (vii) That where the disease occurs the Public Vaccinator or Medical Officer of Health should attend and vaccinate the inmates of such lodging houses or wards, except such as should be unwilling to submit themselves to the operation. 78 In connection with the subject with which we have been dealing we may advert to the suggestion that the vaccination and the Sanitary Authority should in all cases be identical. It has been pointed out that whilst the isolation of patients in hospitals and otherwise is provided for by the Sanitary Authority the extent of the provision requisite to deal with an outbreak of an epidemic of Small-Pox may depend upon the degree in which the vaccination laws have been enforced. More hospital accommodation may be required where vaccination has been neglected than where the vaccination laws have been complied with. |
b5aa27e5-eba7-422d-9e29-f5cde098f640 | It is contended than sanitation and vaccination, concerning as they both do the health of the people, should be under the jurisdiction of a single authority, and that the Sanitary Authority is the appropriate one for that purpose. Indeed, the advantage of placing in the same hands the supervision of vaccination and of the other measures designed to prevent the spread of disease are so great and obvious that the proposal to do so deserves most serious consideration At the same time, we fully recognise the importance of achieving it as far as possible, and we should regard with favour such changes as would render the amalgamation of the vaccination and sanitary authorities feasible, or indeed any steps taken in that direction, even although they should only partially effect the object in view. The report then goes on to discuss as to whether any alterations should be made in the arrangements and proceedings for securing the performance of vaccinations, and, in particular, in those provisions of the Vaccination Acts with respect to prosecutions for non-compliance with the Law. |
ad858030-2136-4c94-a086-c4f30e46f3f8 | This will be found at length in my report for 1896. The Commissioners signing the majority report conclude as follows :— " It is to be hoped that our Report will stimulate belief in the efficacy of vaccination, that it will remove some 79 sions and reassure some who take an exaggerated view of the risks connected with the operation, as well as lead to a more ready enforcement of the law by local authorities. We desire to call attention again to the recommendation, which we made in our fifth interim report, that persons committed to prison by reason of the non-payment of penalties imposed under the vaccination laws, should no longer be treated as criminals. We stated in that report our reasons for this recommendation, to which we still adhere. If, however, the changes in the compulsory provisions of the vaccination laws which we have suggested were adopted, the matter would lose much of its importance." Two Commissioners, Mr. W. Guyer Hunter and Dr. |
2cb3511a-dcfb-43dc-b8f1-d0273824faf0 | Jonathan Hutchinson, both medical men of great experience did not recommend any alteration of the then existing law, but advocated re-vaccination at the age of twelve years. Messrs. Samuel Whitbread, John Bright, J. Allanson Picton and Dr. Collins objected to the proposal to retain, in any form compulsory vaccination. They alsoadvocated that a conscientious objection to vaccination on the part of the parents should be respected, and that the proposal that the Public Vaccinator should attend at the home of the child and offer to vaccinate it did not meet with their approval. As is well known both these proposals were carried in the Government Bill passed last session, as well as the provision of glycerinated calf-lymph recommended by the majority report. |
53e55d6e-cf29-4240-b03a-61fccf7a030d | The Section i extends the period within which the Vaccination Act, 1898. parents or guardian of a child shall cause the child to be vaccinated to six months from the birth of the child, instead of three months as prescribed in Section 16 of the Vaccination Act of 1867, and repeals so much of that Section as requires the child to be taken to a Public Vaccinator to be vaccinated. 80 It becomes the duty of the Public Vaccinator of the district, if the parents or guardian of the child so requires, to visit the home of the child for the purpose of vaccinating it. If the child is not vaccinated within four months after its birth, the Public Vaccinator of the district, after at least twentyfour hours notice to the parent, shall visit the home of the child, and shall offer to vaccinate the child with glycerinated calflymph, or such other lymph as may be issued by the Local Government Board. |
eab4a8da-028f-483e-8391-b4964b955ed2 | The Public Vaccinator shall not vaccinate a child if, in his opinion, the condition of the house is such, or there is or has been such a recent prevalence of infectious disease in the district, that it cannot be safely vaccinated, and in that case shall give a certificate under Section 18 of the Act of 1867 of postponement of vaccination, and shall forthwith give notice of any such certificate to the Medical Officer of Health for the district. |
5a40d13d-4eca-4a70-9e31-95de30e96d69 | Nothwithstanding any regulation of any lying-in hospital or infirmary, or other similar institution, the parent of any child born in any institution shall not be compelled under such regulation or otherwise to cause or permit the child to be vaccinated at any time earlier than the expiration of six months from its birth Under Section 2 no parent or other person shall be liable to any penalty under Section 29 or 31 of the Act of 1867, if within 4 months from the birth of the child he satisfies two justices, or a stipendiary or metropolitan police magistrate, in petty sessions, that he conscientiously believes that vaccination would be prejudicial to the health of the child, and within seven days thereafter delivers to the Vaccination Officer for the district a certificate by such justices or magistrate of such conscientious objection. |
0ae3c65c-1056-42d7-821f-e4410ca0a608 | This Section came into operation on the passing of the Act, viz., on August 12, 1898, but in its application to a child born 81 before that date the period of 4 months from the passing of this Act is substituted for the period of 4 months from the birth of the child. Section 3. An order under Section 31 of the Act of 1867 directing that a child be vaccinated, shall not be made on any person who has previously been convicted of non-compliance with a similar order relating to the same child. Section 4. - No proceedings under Section 31 of the Act of 1867 shall be taken against any parent or person who has been convicted under Section 29 of the said Act on account of the same child, until it has reached the age of four years. |
9c9e81da-4e6e-456e-bfb2-111e0967d378 | Section 5 provides that persons committed to prison on account of non-compliance with any order or non-payment of fines or costs under the Vaccination Acts shall be treated as first-class misdemeanants. Section 6 empowers the Local Government Board to make rules and regulations with respect to the duties and remuneration of Public Vaccinators. Section 7 enables that Board when there is risk of outbreak of small-pox or under other exceptional circumstances, to require the Guardians of any Poor law Union to provide vaccination stations for the vaccination of children with glycerinated calflymph or other lymph, and to modify the provisions of this Act requiring the Public Vaccinator to visit the home of the child otherwise than on request of the parent. |
0da74589-9b0f-4a6a-9eb2-6bc84c7e17fb | Section 8 makes it the duty of the clerk of any sanitary authority maintaining a hospital for cases of small-pox to keep a list of the names, addresses, ages, and conditions as to vaccination of all small-pox patients treated in the hospital, such entries to be made on admission, and at all reasonable times to allow searches to be made therein, and upon demand to give a copy under his hand or under that of his deputy of every entry in the same on payment of a fee of sixpence for each search, and threepence for each copy. F 82 Section 9 repeals certain earlier enactments during the continuance of this Act. Section 10 states that the Act shall not apply to Scotland or Ireland, that it shall, except where specially provided, came into operation on January 1st, 1899, and that it shall remain in force until January 1st, 1904. |
42bb1e3d-494f-4d31-8237-10e5ff93c867 | Common No application has been made by the keeper of any Lodging- Houses Common Lodging House to free the bedding of such Acts, 1851-3. house from vermin by means of disinfection. Houses Let in Lodgings or Occupied by Members of more than one family. Since the passing of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, this Vestry has made bye-laws to deal with this class of property, which are made to apply to a house or part of a house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family, except where the rent or charge payable by each lodger, and exclusive of any charge for the use by such lodger of any furniture, is at a rate of seven shillings and sixpence per week or upwards or where the rent or charge payable by each lodger, and inclusive of any charge for the use by such lodger of any furniture, is at the rate of ten shillings per week or upwards. |
399a0559-142b-4d19-99d3-5ef49995fdda | Obviously this definition would include most of the houses in the parish, and having regard to the fact that the bye-laws require, inter alia, the lime-whiting and cleansing every April of all walls and ceilings, it follows that nearly the whole of the parish would require to be inspected during that month, which would be absolutely impracticable. There are however, houses in this parish to which the byelaws advisedly apply, viz., Orville Road, Wayland Road and Green Lane, from which forty-four houses have been placed upon the register. 83 These houses were kept under close and constant observation more particularly during the latter part of the year, by the Female Sanitary Inspector, who advised the tenants upon the questions of domestic hygiene and cleanliness of the rooms occupied by them with good results in many cases. Infant Life The Infant Life Protection Act provides for the ' Protection Act, 1897. registration by the London County Council of any premises where more than one infant is kept for hire or reward. |
b3d8edf8-053f-403b-b352-60ba02c86e40 | The Council's Inspector under the Act sees that the infants are properly provided for, but as regards sanitary conditions inspection is made by the Vestry's officers. Such visits have been made on many occasions during the year,and reportsfurnished to the Chief Officer of the Council who has requested that the special objects of the visits should not be disclosed, as cases have occurred where landlords have ejected persons notified under this Act on ascertaining that their tenancy may involve the sanitary inspection of the premises. Food unfit The question of what steps are taken in this parish for human , . . |
785c50b3-59fb-452f-9a76-6331e3ed5f71 | consumption, to prevent food unfit for human consumption, either from decomposition or disease having been taken into consideration by the Vestry I was directed to report thereon, and the report is here given :— Having been instructed to report upon the steps taken by the Health Department with a view to safeguarding the public by the seizure and destruction of food unfit for human consumption, I beg to report that constant observations are made by the Sanitary Inspectors, more especially on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings, of the various premises in the Parish where food is sold, and upon several occasions seizures have been made and prosecutions followed, and it may be assumed that it is owing to 84 the constant supervision that takes place over the food stuffs sold that there has appeared to be, for some time past, a decided improvement in the quality of the articles offered for human consumption. |
40e0ddc0-7417-4c78-a1d5-fc4584605037 | The exceedingly hot weather of late has been very trying for those engaged in the sale of meat and fish, especially as in such temperatures meat may have been slaughtered in the morning and in an advanced state of decomposition in the evening. Although inspections have been made of butchers premises, &c., as before-mentioned, with six exceptions, nothing during the last month has been discovered which the Department would have felt justified in seizing as unfit for human consumption. Frequent inspections are made of premises at which food is prepared for sale, especially in two instances, one a manufacturer of sausages, and another in which pork pies are made. On every occasion the meat has been found to be in a good and wholesome condition. |
4fa4cf82-9e63-4762-bbe4-1a29620e3133 | It has been the practice for years past to condemn and destroy and give a certificate to proprietors of businesses who purchase food, whether animal or vegetable, from the wholesale markets, if it is brought to the office within a few hours after the purchase, and this is generally known amongst the tradesmen, especially fishmongers, who constantly avail themselves of this privilege, and are thereby enabled to recover from the wholesale vendors the amounts paid by them for the articles which have been destroyed. It will be seen that this arrangement considerably mimimises the tendency to retail unsound food, which would result if the retailer had to bear the entire loss. In cases of diseased meat, it is submitted to my inspection, and I am further empowered to call in skilled veterinary assistance, of which I have several times availed myself, with the result of obtaining convictions and the imposition of heavy fines. |
91619123-0738-4acd-a343-329d915057cf | 85 Where meat is sold on Saturday nights for a few pence per pound, it does not [follow that it is at the time of sale unfit for human food, but is in such condition that decomposition will speedily follow if kept longer without being cooked, most of it being foreign meat which has been kept in refrigerators. Under the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act, three hundred samples have been taken annually and submitted to the Analyst. The Vestry has decided that, in future, five hundred samples shall be taken each year. Skimmed or The public attention has been directed to the Separated Milk. importance of milk being used in its entirety, more especially in the case of infants brought up wholly or in part, whether the milk was given as derived from the cow or as condensed milk, the abstraction of the most important element, the fat, being most prejudicial as tending to practically starve the child. |
05c98d2f-929e-4878-8cad-5685a17288f7 | A warning to the public of these dangers of using such impoverished milk is here given : — CONDENSED, SKIMMED OR SEPARATED MILK. The Vestry of the parish of St. Mary, Battersea, as advised by the Medical Officer of Health, desire to call the attention of parents or persons having charge of young children to the fact that Milk consists, broadly speaking, of three constituents: firstly, Fat, as in cream or butter; secondly, Cheese, as casein or curds; thirdly, Whey, chiefly water, salts, etc. The abstraction of the major part of the fat in separated or skimmed milk takes away the most important constituents as far as nourishment is concerned, and a young child fed wholly or principally on such impoverished milk is under-nourished to the extent to which the abstraction of fat has gone. |
299c2cec-aa54-4447-b8e6-a4569cd24a07 | On the other 86 hand if such milk is to give a sufficient proportion of fatty constituents, the child must, if fed on this separated milk, consume a much larger quantity of the impoverished milk, far beyond its power of digestion. The fat in good new milk should be from 3 to 4 per cent. in weight, but many of the condensed separated milks contain less than 1 per cent of fat. Those having charge of young children are therefore recommended to avoid the separated condensed milks, and to give the children good new milk, both from a health point of view and as a matter of real economy. If condensed milks are given, those which contain the whole of the constituents of the milk, as the best do, should be used. All condensed milk should be made ready for use as food by boiling water, in order to destroy any disease germs present. |
c151f7ff-e9bb-43b3-ba71-25d2d965c91b | The conclusion is, to beware when feeding young children, of the numerous condensed skimmed or separated milks which give little or no nourishment, but on the contrary more or less starve the infant. Table xvii shews the sanitary work of the Public Health Department for the last seven years. The total number of sanitary operations during 1898 was 72,782. These were more numerous than in 1897, owing to the inspectorial staff being increased. The total number of house inspections during the year 1897 was forty-seven thousand six hundred and thirty. It must not be imagined that this is identical with the number of separate houses inspected, as many in a bad and insanitary condition required re-inspection on many occasions. The number of intimations served under sec. 3 of the Public Health (London) 87 table xvii. summary of sanitary operations during 1898. |
2287a5eb-5fd5-4a43-9d5c-f89c4c3e558d | 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 Total Sanitary operations 38,779 54,577 53,791 55,806 69,432 67,200 72,782 Number of House Inspections 23,587 25,091 24,747 30,051 38,781 42,486 47.630 Bakehouses Inspections 215 296 313 460 532 545 539 Bakehouses Nuisances abated ... 18 19 49 57 29 33 Urinals — Inspections 251 260 318 483 468 367 450 Do. altered, repaired, or water laid on ... 120 119 31 40 58 78 Intimations served, 541 & 55 Vic. cap. |
b7766951-6ab7-48cd-8738-eddf1f5d6bee | 76(3) 3.691 4,420 4,289 4.256 3,461 3,030 3,807 Notices Served under Sec. 4 921 1,211 1,076 1,198 909 611 1,138 Notices Served under Sec. 62 and 65 1,588 2.572 1,605 1,709 1.952 2,246 1.779 Complaints Received and attended to . 4.089 3.253 3.877 3.302 3.254 3.847 Number of Houses Disinfected 1,227 2,069 1.449 M54 1,698 2,009 1,608 Houses Supplied with Disinfectants 3,026 5,275 3 175 3,616 6,748 7.846 6.739 House drains flushed with disinfectants after infectious disease . . |
b1be4016-44f4-47de-b69c-592f8cff3209 | . . . . 923 Overcrowding Abated 34 38 56 33 60 65 107 Premises Cleansed and Repaired 189 280 328 138 235 319 934 Drains Tested . By Smoke 700 1,491 1,272 1.33I 1.188 914 1.550 Water 178 491 794 997 2,829 3,080 6.959 Drains Cleansed and Repaired 1,107 1.564 1,106 1,205 941 799 725 Drains Relaid 220 917 742 742 762 636 1.070 Soil Pipes ventilated . . 135 796 846 764 1,283 Sink and Rain Water Pipes disconnected or repaired 1,360 562 1, |
832e00df-22a1-4f4f-9a1b-6fdcb7c23cac | 012 634 565 318 584 Water Closets Cleansed and Repaired 237 314 426 236 282 327 683 Cesspools Abolished 1 4 6 8 5 4 Mews and Stables Drained and Paved 86 30 11 8 17 10 36 Yards Drained and I'aved 161 253 938 555 735 765 929 Accumulations of Manure and other obnoxious matter removed or proper receptacles provided 41 70 56 61 56 93 180 Dust Receptacles Provided 738 772 1,221 688 587 714 690 Dust Complaints forwarded to the Surveyor . |
421c44e0-41a4-4033-bf90-f8357d13ee96 | 271 214 377 200 205 150 Leaky House-roofs and Gutters repaired 185 84 240 134 l80 182 409 Houses Supplied with Water 151 130 93 252 121 122 141 Water Closets Supplied with Water, or supply disconnected from drinking water cistern 860 73i 1.113 1.054 911 1,029 925 Cisterns Covered, Cleansed & Repaired 409 469 624 816 687 637 541 Keeping of Animals in unfit state discontinued 5 l6 11 16 25 26 21 Smoke Nuisances dealt with 10 26 21 11 12 36 46 Certificates of Disinfection Granted 1,044 1,659 1.551 1.538 1,740 2,176 1.740 Water Supply Certificates Granted (Sec. |
88e74808-a5d7-48b2-b592-2a1304cc21ef | 48) 16 118 i4i 282 288 236 327 Proceedings Ordered by Vestry and Health Committee 444 1,211 1,100 1.243 959 1.536 1,213 Summonses Issued 14 73 52 63 65 48 72 Magisterial Orders Obtained and Enforced 14 70 42 59 55 40 62 Sanitary Conveniences provided or improvements affected to Factories and Workshops, Sec. 38 4 8 19 14 38 40 l80 Underground sleeping rooms disused ... ... ... 12 19 42 28 Gipsy vans inspected ... ... ... 64 56 30 no Drains laid to New Houses ... ... ... ... 266 244 287 Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act 101 1 103 101 227 300* 300* 400* *This is for the Analytical year ending March. |
e1b7ae5a-7ea0-4d8e-ba23-5140f8e06a84 | 88 Act was three thousand eight hundred and seven, under sec. 4, eleven hundred and thirty-eight, and the notices served under sees. 62 ancl 65 were one thousand seven hundred and seventynine. Complaints to the number of three thousand eight hundred and forty-seven were received and attended to. The number of houses disinfected was one thousand six hundred and eight, while disinfectants were distributed in six thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine instances, and of certificates of disinfection, one thousand seven hundred and forty were issued, and nine hundred and thirty-four premises were cleansed and repaired, overciowding abated in one hundred and seven cases, and nine hundred and twenty-three drains flushed with disinfectants after infectious disease. Drains were tested by water in six thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine instances, and by smoke in fifteen hundred and fifty. There were seven hundred and twenty-five drains cleansed and repaired, while one thousand and seventy were relaid. |
161aef90-fd10-4563-9d49-4111991a36a5 | There were two hundred and eighty-seven drains laid to new houses under the supervision of sanitary inspectors; each sanitary inspector now takes charge of all the drains, both old and new in his district. Soil pipes were ventilated in one thousand two hundred and eighty-three cases, sink and rain water pipes disconnected or repaired in five hundred and eighty-four instances. Six hundred and eighty-three water closets were cleansed and repaired, and four cesspools discovered and abolished, nine hundred and twenty-five closets were supplied with water or 89 the supply disconnected from the drinking-water cistern. Five hundred and forty-one cistern's were covered, cleansed or repaired. One hundred and forty-one houses were supplied with'water, and three hundred and twenty-seven certificates of proper and sufficient supply of water and fittings issued. The Health Committee and the Vestry ordered proceedings in one thousand two hundred and thirteen instances. Summonses were issued in seventy-two instances to enforce the same, and in sixty-two magisterial orders were obtained. |
1e8a167b-44d1-4fe4-b5cc-cfa48890e5a6 | Mews and stables were drained and paved in thirty-six instances, and one hundred and eighty accumulations of manure &c. removed or proper receptacles provided. Animals were found to be kept in an unfit state in twenty-one cases. Sanitary conveniences were provided or improvements effected to Factories or Workshops in one hundred and eighty instances. Dust receptacles were provided in six hundred and ninety instances, and one hundred and fifty complaints forwarded to Surveyor. Leaky house roofs and gutters were repaired in four hundred and nine cases. Underground sleeping rooms were disused in twenty-eight cases and gipsy vans inspected in one hundred and ten cases. Details of During the year 1898, 72 summonses were issued proceedings on behalf of the Public Health Department, particulars at Police Court of which are here set out:— 90 Summonses issued. Withdrawn. Dismissed. Orders obtained. |
ee765b2e-e9bd-4794-b8af-a88d03dea84b | Under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act 45 3t 7* 35 Uuder the Public Health (London 189!) Act:— Non-compliance with Sanitary notices, &c. 17 17 Contravention of byelaws 2 — — 2 Nuisances from emission of black smoke 6 — — 6 Exposure for sale of unsound food 1 — — 1 Permitting the occupation of new houses without obtaining water certificates 1 — —• 1 Totals ... 72 3 7 62 + The three summonses withdrawn under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act were upon production of warranties by the Vendors. * The circumstances of the dismissal of these summonses is here set out: — Difference in opinion (as result of analyses) between Public Analyst and Somerset House Officials 1 case. |
80c6ac55-74bb-484b-9360-bfcff7a991b6 | "Butter" held to be a perishable article —Summonses not served within 28 days of purchase 5 cases Articles held not to have been exposed for sale 1 case 7 The following articles of food have been condemned during the year, and certificates granted for same :— i box of herrings 1 bag of oysters 2 boxes of haddocks i bushel of winkles i trunk of mackerel i trunk of hake i barrel of skate 70 pomegranates 6 boxes of haddocks 1 trunk of plaice 1 bag of mussels 1 bag of walnuts 91 1 barrel of herrings 1 barrel of apples 39 lbs. |
39b084bd-8a84-40d4-aa4d-adf9eaaa09be | of sprats 3/4 barrel of herrings 3/4 barrel of sprats 4 boxes of kippers 1 box of plaice A practice has been adopted that when retail vendors become aware that articles of food purchased of wholesale dealers are unsound and unfit for human consumption, they attend with the same at the Public Health Offices, and if satisfied that no attempt has been made to sell the articles, they are condemned by the Vestry's Officers, and cremated at the Dust Destructor, and a certificate is given in support of any claim upon the wholesale firm who originally sold the same. This no doubt prevents a large amount of unsound food being offered for sale. The whole of the butchers, fishmongers, fruiterers, and other tradesmen's premises have been kept under close and frequent supervision both on week days and Sundays, and in two cases it was found necessary to effect seizures. |
97fea5b5-ab7b-41de-a501-a04af3c47bd0 | In one case proceedings were taken and the defendant fined, and in the other the defendant was cautioned and called upon to pay the costs incurred by the Vestry. Public List of Public Chalets, Sanitary Conveniences Lavender Hill, at junction of Falcon Road. Battersea Park Road, at corner of Cabul Road. Victoria Road, in the shrubberies in Battersea Park, by the Victoria Suspension Bridge. Victoria Circus, in the shrubberies in Battersea Park. In course of erection during the year under report. Opened March, 1899. During the year the Committee had under consideration the desirability of providing a public chalet, at the corner of 92 Bridge Road and Battersea Park Road. The consideration of the subject was eventually adjourned. Public-house The Health Committee in accordance with a Urinals. . . . |
e0410a11-0a12-456c-ba11-dedb06f838b6 | practice adopted in several previous years, appointed a Sub-Committee in January, to inspect the urinals attached to Public Houses throughout the Parish. The Sub-Committee met on the 29th January and the 7th February, 1898, and consisted of the following members. No. 1 Ward. No. 2 Ward. Mr. C. Joiner. Mr. J. F. Lane. No. 3 Ward. No. 4 Ward. Mr. H. Giles. Mr. H. Chandler. The Sub-Committee having inspected the urinals, gave directions for notices to be served in 73 instances. |
f893ba5d-4c0f-4ed4-b308-fd4efd1d93a2 | They found that insufficient accommodation was provided for customers, or that their condition was so dilapidated or insanitary at nine premises, that the Health Committee directed that communications be addressed to the proprietors, requiring them to provide suitable accommodation, or that in default the renewal of the licenses would be opposed at the March meeting of the Licensing Justices. It was subsequently found necessary to oppose, and in several cases the licenses were renewed subject only to the Vestry's requirements being complied with. Disinfection During the year, 83 books were returned to the destruction Public Libraries from premises at which infectious UbraryBooks disease existed, and were forwarded to the Public Health Department. Of these it was considere'd necessary to destroy 67, the original value of the books being refunded to the Library Department, the remaining 16 being books difficult, and in many instances impossible of replacement, were subjected to disinfection and returned. |
76ff7082-9d1b-4a27-b2ff-eec1f3757364 | 93 A daily list of premises at which infectious disease exists is supplied to the Librarian, who takes the necessary action for the collection of books which may be out and for the time prevents any further ones being issued. Bakehouses. The half-yearly inspection of bakehouses was carried out in May and September. At the May inspection there were 108 in active use, and with fifteen exceptions the cleansing and lime-washing had been carried out, in which cases intimations were served, followed in two instances by statutory notices by order of the Health Committee, which were subsequently complied with. At the September inspection it was found necessary to serve several notices, which were duly complied with. At that time the bakehouses in occupation numbered 104. The particulars of both these inspections will be found given in report of meetings of Health Committee of May 3rd and November 1st. 72a Wiustanley Road. |
ff0a3f06-b167-43df-a123-7712d58c4a7c | These premises were unoccupied on the 1st January, 1896, and in accordance with the general interpretation of Sect. 27 (3) of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1895, were apparently prohibited from further use as a bakehouse. The Act provides that a place underground shall not be used as a bakehouse unless it is so used at the commencement of this Act, and if any place is so used in contravention of this Act, it shall be deemed to be a workshop not kept in conformity with the principal Act. It will be remembered that the Vestry therefore decided to take proceedings in the matter, and the case came before the magistrates, at the South Western Police Court, who made an order for the closing of the bakehouse and inflicted a fine. 94 Notice of appeal against the magistrate's decision was lodged, which came before Mr. Justice Wright and Mr. |
0bad0d22-58cf-4bf3-9122-1bcecef28fca | Justice Darling on the 18th March, 1898, when it was held that the temporary cessation of business was not sufficient to bring the premises within the Statute, and that it could not be held as a matter of law that, because the premises happened to be untenanted on a particular date, the section of the Act applied, and that they could not be further used as a bakehouse. The appeal was therefore allowed, with costs, tha Court holding that the determination of the Magistrate was wrong in law, and that he ought not to have convicted the appellant. Cowhouses In October last, a Sub-Committee of the Health Slaughter- Committee visited the whole of the Cow-houses and Houses. Slaughter-houses in the Parish for which applications had been made for the renewal of licenses, the results were given at the meeting of November 1st. The under-mentioned matters have from time to time been submitted to the Health Committee by the Chief Sanitary Inspector, Mr. |
3207805d-9838-4f75-94ef-d19ff86b21d6 | Isaac Young, during the year under report, the dates being appended for convenience of reference. 18th January, 1898.—He submitted report at this meeting with reference to the condition of the drains in connection with the Dovedale Almshouses, Battersea Park Road, that upon testing they were found to be in defective condition, which necessitated their entire re-construction, and this has been carried into effect upon plans approved by the Vestry. 1st February.—By direction of the Health Committee, at this meeting he submitted report relative to the ground at the rear of houses in Stainforth Road, being occupied by van dwellers, and also with reference to a wooden shed or structure erected upon the same, in the occupation of the tenant of the ground. The land in question is usually occupied by a large number of van 95 dwellers, but upon the date of inspection there were only four vans upon the same, and these were in good and cleanly condition, and in no way overcrowded. |
d94a6762-d7f0-4875-9d0b-b9c1583b93c2 | The shed previously referred to as being occupied by the tenant, consisted of one large room, used for living and sleeping purposes, provided with fireplace, and the floor constructed some 18 inches above the ground. The sanitary conveniences used by the occupants are those provided for the use of the van dwellers, but were in defective condition upon the date of inspection. The shed had been occupied for some seven or eight months, but as no nuisance existed upon the premises, the Health Committee considered it was not a matter in which they could interfere. He further leported with reference to nuisance arising upon this ground from the storing of animal and vegetable matter in one of the railway arches, and also from the fish offal vans, usually standing thereon, during the intervals of collecting. Notices were served with reference to the cleansing of the fish offal vans, and also as to the periodical removal of animal and vegetable refuse, and this has resulted in considerable improvement being effected. |
588405f4-7fe1-4c40-8999-822ce2a7184a | At this meeting the Health Committee also considered letter complaining of effluvium nuisance arising from the Nine Elms Gas Works, and in connection with the same a report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector relative to the manufacture of carburetted water gas at the works in question, and which was believed to be the cause of the complaints which had been made in the neighbourhood. This nuisance had been observed by residents in the locality, and also by the District Inspector upon two or three occasions. Upon visiting the premises the Chief Sanitary Inspector discovered that the manufacture of water gas had only been recently established at the works, and it was anticipated that in a short time such improvements would be effected in the. plant as would prevent any further nuisance 96 arising. |
f4634dd5-f98a-445f-92ef-de4fde095a96 | No nuisance was discovered to arise from the manufacturing or purifying processes, but close to the boundary of the works aud adjoining the district in which nuisance had been most experienced, the tar pits were situated; the products passed into the pits being at such a temperature as to give off a certain amount of steam, more or less offensive. He suggested as a remedy, the covering in of these pits, and although upon one or two subsequent occasions slight nuisance has been observed, it has only been of very short duration, and he is of opinion that proper precautions are now being taken by the Manager of the works in the matter. 15th March.—At this meeting the Chief Sanitary Inspector submitted report relative to his attendance before the Licensing Justices on the 4th inst., with reference to the 9 cases in which the Vestry had directed that the licences of the undermentioned houses should be opposed in consequence of the need of urinal accommodation, or, that which already existed, being either insufficient or defective. |
ff45ad53-6b4e-4c68-ac37-82ae1f09ce50 | In order to assist the Justices in dealing with the cases, he had prepared plans with reference to each of the premises, as follows:— "The Black Swan," York Road. "The Waterman's Arms," Nine Elms Lane. "The Royal Arms," Battersea Park Road. "The Eagle," Battersea Park Road. "The Prodigal's Return," Bridge Road. "The Collingwood Arms," Plough Road. "The Rose & Crown," Culvert Road. "The True Briton," Stewarts Road. "The New Park Tavern," Bridge Road. In the case of the "Black Swan," the Vestry's opposition was objected to by Mr. Bodkin, barrister, who reviewed the opposition by the Vestry in 1891, and again in 1894, and stated that the Vestry had their remedy under the Public Health 97 (London) Act. |
ff6d82a2-81b1-45a4-85e0-bbc129590c67 | This the Chief Inspector pointed out to the Justices was not the case; if there had been existing accommodawhich was insanitary, the Vestry could proceed for the abatement of the nuisance under the Public Health (London) Act, but the question in this case was that no urinal accommodation existed. The Justices decided to view the premises (although they had twice previously adopted a similar course upon the Vestry's representation), and consequently adjourned the renewal of the licence for this purpose. The renewal of the licences in respect of the under-mentioned premises were also adjourned in order that the Justices might view the same. |
a1b06ecb-253b-4701-a118-3f8f522e76f5 | "The Waterman's Arms," "The Royal Arms," "The Eagle," "The Prodigal's Return," "The Collingwood Arms," whilst the following cases, the "Rose & Crown," "The True Briton," and the "New Park Tavern," were adjourned in order that plans might be submitted to them respecting the alterations which the proprietors of the premises proposed to make. At this meeting he also submitted report, by direction of the Health Committee, relative to an application by Mr. Lane to slaughter cattle at No. 82 Usk Road, that the facts which were laid before the Licensing Committee of the London County Council on the 25th October, 1897 (when application to renew the licence was refused) respecting the premises were reiterated, and that the Licensing Committee decided not to grant the licence. |
8ad9a58e-223f-4b5c-9aa3-1a5aeec31592 | He also reported with reference to the sanitary conveniences provided in connection with the London Steam Saw Mills, at which some eighty-six men were employed, that the water-closet and urinal accommodation were not in a satisfactory condition. The Committee gave directions for notices to be served, and the necessary works were subsequently carried out to meet the requirements of the Public Health (London) Act. G 98 He further reported at this meeting that acting under the directions of the Health Committee, he had entered upon the premises No. 58 Marmion Road, and opened up the drains for the purpose of testing, &c., when he had found they were in a very defective condition, and that the necessity for this action was brought about by the fact that the owner of the property who had been served with a notice, had executed certain works to the drains without giving notice to the Department, as is usual in such cases. |
2b3a178a-c7b2-4769-baa3-7832db8ef26b | The drains had been tested in the first instance, owing to cases of diphtheria occurring in the house, and the works subsequently carried out not having been executed under the supervision of the Vestry's Officers, the Committee deemed it necessary that they should be opened up and tested by water, as when tested in the first instance by smoke, they were defective. Upon a second test being applied, they revealed no defect. This was believed to be occasioned by the fact that a plug in connection with the interceptor had been removed with a view to lessening the pressure of smoke in the drain during the testing. The Committee gave directions for proceedings to be taken for the recovery of penalties to which the owner had rendered himself liable in the matter, and for enforcing compliance with the notice which had been served. |
3a439220-b62b-4802-9cb3-522858dc6e52 | The defendant promising to comply fully with the Vestry's requirements and paying 12s, costs, the summons was adjourned until the 8th of June, upon which date it was withdrawn, the works having been completed. He also reported, as directed by the Health Committee with reference to the condition of Garden Cottages, York Road, the entrances to which were alleged to be used as public conveniences, &c., that the cottages in question were approached by three entrances, one leading from Plough Road through Field Place, a second through Edmund's Place, and a third by a passage way between 253 & 255 York Road. |
43dd23f6-ab66-4efa-abfa-945b405e3977 | The number of cottages situated in this area were ten, eight having only two rooms, the remainder having three, and being very old 99 property, they were more or less in a decayed condition, that the yards, waterclosets and wash-houses were badly paved, the roofs defective, the walls and ceilings in several instances dirty, and that some of the walls were covered with several thicknesses of paper. The yards at the rear of the houses were only a few superficial feet in area, but the front gardens were some 40 or more feet in length, and about 14 feet wide. The approaches to the houses from the end of the passage, and likewise from Edmund's Place and Fields Place, were both unpaved and undrained, but lighted by lamps at each end. He recommended that the making up and paving of the passages should, if possible, be carried out by the Vestry, and the cost apportioned the owners, subject to the opinion of the Solicitor. |
ea89ce99-136b-4538-a320-17019f20ee63 | The Committee therefore directed notices to be served for enforcing compliance with their requirements, except as to the paving of the passage way. It was subsequently found that the whole of the drainage was in a very defective condition and required entire reconstruction. The cost of certain portions of this work fell upon the Vestry, owing to the decisions which have been given that a combined system might under certain circumstances be a sewer for which the Vestry would be responsible. The Vestry upon a later date adopted the recommendation of the Health Committee to pave the passage way and to apportion the cost thereof upon the owners. When this is carried out a much needed improvement will have been effected and add to the comfort of the tenants of the houses. |
bb6c2a57-5c65-4f59-9564-c323fcc8a43d | He further reported that at the rear of certain houses in Latchmere Grove there were very large sheds in which wood-chopping was carried on, that during the inspection of these by Miss Thurgood, Sanitary Inspector, she had found both males and females were employed in the business for whom there was not separate and sufficient sanitary convenience. Many of the 100 persons employed in the workshops resided in the immediate locality. The Health Committee after careful consideration,determined that proper sanitary conveniences should be provided, and directed notices to be served accordingly under Section 38 of the Public Health (London) Act, which were subsequently complied with. He also submitted report with reference to a stone mason's yard which has recently been opened at the rear of Nos. 35 and 37 Granfield Street that several workmen were employed upon the premises for whom proper and sufficient sanitary accommodation had not been provided. |
037c23a2-319f-4edf-a3fc-44fce72edcf9 | The Committee gave directions for notices to be served, requiring such to be constructed, and for the demolition of the existing privy accommodation, and they were subsequently complied with, but not until the proprietor had been cautioned that summary proceedings would be taken in the matter. He also submitted report with reference to the overcrowded condition of a workroom at No. 14 Parkside Street, in which three men were employed, the cubic capacity of the shed being only 526 feet or a deficiency of 225 feet for those employed during ordinary working hours. The workshops, except as to the overcrowding were found to be in good condition. The Committee gave directions for notices to be served and these were subsequently complied with. 5th April. |
2a97b636-34dc-4845-b6d1-ab2eadb2de94 | At this meeting he submitted a further report with reference to the licensing of public-houses, in respect of which he had opposed, on behalf of the Vestry, the granting of the licences in view of the unsatisfactory urinal accommodation provided ; that on the 25th March he had attended the adjourned Licensing Meeting and was pleased to be able to report that the action taken by the Vestry might be regarded as perfectly justified, judging from the decisions of the Justices in respect of most of the cases. 101 In two cases only, viz., the "Rose and Crown," Culvert Road, and the "Black Swan," York Road, had the Justices decided to renew the licence without enforcing the Vestry's requirements. |
1e0d15d0-772b-4e5e-bc84-50f905019964 | In these two cases the licences had been previously opposed by the Vestry upon several occasions, and the Justices had viewed the premises and subsequently renewed the licences, each year the opposition had been placed before them, but as reported on the 15th March, the Justices had decided to again view the premises. In the case of the "Black Swan," they renewed the licence without comment, whilst in the case of the "Rose and Crown," in which the Justices had requested plans to be furnished to them as to the re-building of the premises, and which provided for urinal accommodation to be constructed, the Justices did not approve of the plans submitted for the proposed alterations and thereupon renewed the licence without requiring urinal accommodation to be provided. In respect of the "Collingwood Arms," Plough Road, and the "Royal Arms," Battersea Park Road, the Justices having viewed the premises, renewed the licences upon condition that the urinals were enlarged within a reasonable time. |
f23cb9b4-83b1-47b4-9df6-90a4483546ee | With regard to the "Eagle," Battersea Park Road, which they had also visited, they decided to renew the licence subject to proper urinal accommodation being provided. The "Waterman's Arms," Nine Elms Lane. Here also the Justices had viewed the premises and renewed the licence subject to the urinal which had been demolished, being re-instated. The "True Britain," Stewarts Road. This case had been adjourned for a copy of the plan submitted to and approved by the Health Committee to be submitted to the Justices. Having approved the same, the licence was renewed on condition that the Vestry's requirements were carried out in accordance with the plan. The "New Park Tavern," Bridge Road. The works herein having been completed in accordance with the plan submitted to and approved by the Health Committee, the opposition was withdrawn and the 102 licenced renewed. The "Prodigal's Return," Bridge Road. |
20c48cd0-94f7-489e-bbe1-38cf3bf59cb7 | The Justices having viewed the premises renewed the licence subject to the proprietor giving proper access to the urinal already provided at the rear of the premises. The Health Committee subsequently submitted a report of these cases to the Vestry who expressed their appreciation of the manner in which the Chief Sanitary Inspector had successfully conducted the opposition of the Vestry. He also submitted further report with reference to offensive effluvia alleged to arise from certain chemical works in the parish and which were reported by him to the Health Committee on the 5th October, 1897, although the premises had been kept under continued observation both by day and night, no nuisance of a serious character had been observed to arise therefrom. Complaints had been made relative to the discoloration of premises in the neighbourhood of the works, which was believed to arise from the manufacture of cyanide of potassium. |
80e7e63b-860b-4cf7-80b1-b460b7071520 | During a night observation on the 25th March, at 12.30 a.m., acid fumes were given out which were found to be slightly irritating to the nose and throat. Except for this, no nuisance was discovered during continued observations which had been kept for four or five hours. The Manager of certain other works in the neighbourhood of the chemical works, had given him permission to enter the premises at any hour by day or night for the purpose of making more complete observation upon th e chemical works in question, and upon several occasions he has availed himself, in company with the District Inspector, of this permission, but up to the time of reporting, had discovered no nuisance which would justify him in advising the Committee to take any peremptory measures in the matter. He also reported, as directed by the Committee, as to a special house to house inspection which had been ordered by them to be made of Broughton Street, that fifty-two drains had 103 been tested and in seven instances were found defective. |
c2fe43eb-d50d-4cde-8bf1-65614b0b4b30 | The houses generally, with the exception of these defective drains and minor sanitary defects at others, were found to be in a very good sanitary condition. The previous house to house inspection had taken place in 1896, and the several defects that were then discovered had been dealt with. Only three complaints had been received during the two years preceding the date of report, two of which were in respect of one house and related to flushing cistern to water closet and want of suitable dust-bin. Scarlet fever had occurred in six houses in the street, diphtheria in two and erysipelas in one during the twelve months preceding the date of report. The drains in each case were tested but no defect discovered. The Committee also gave directions for Stanley Street to be inspected, when the following was found to be the result. Out of fifty-nine drains tested fifteen were found defective. In both this street and Broughton Street, all defects in drains were made good by relaying and repairing. |
6af20558-76db-4f1d-81f5-5d340fb8a863 | 19th April. At this meeting he submitted special report relative to the condition of the drains at Nos. 1, 7, 8, 13 and 15 Froude Street; that upon testing they were found to be defective, and the drains being combined the owners considered that the Vestry were responsible for a portion of the work. The latter repudiated liability in the matter owing to the fact that the records in their possession provided that a combined system of drainage was to be laid down for each pair of houses. The owners neglecting to comply with the notice served, a summons was issued in respect of No. 1, which had been opened up by them and found to be drained in combination with No. 2, and as shewn upon the Vestry's records. |
4b9cd41f-a159-4736-b887-679732215706 | At the hearing of the summons a letter was received by the Vestry's Solictor from the Solicitors to the owners, who wrote stating that they would be prepared, without prejudice, to execute certain works in connection with 104 the drains of the whole of the houses for which notices had been served, but were not prepared to fully comply with the usual requirements of the Vestry, viz., by constructing inspection chamber in front of the premises. Having regard to the opinion of the Solicitor, this course was adopted, and eventually the whole of the houses were redrained with the necessary inspection chambers at the rear for the purpose of receiving the branch drains, &c. It was subsequently found, however, that certain of the houses had a connection from a third house, and that in these cases, therefore, the plans approved by the Wandsworth District Board of Works at the time the houses were erected had not been carried into effect. |
dc7815be-5258-41b4-a75e-797dbfffbbdf | Nevertheless, the owners having agreed to execute the necessary works to the drains in the manner above described, no further difficulty arose. He also submitted report, by direction of the Committee, as to a special inspection which had been made by himself and the staff on Good Friday and Easter Monday, of the various stalls, &c., in certain parts of the Parish, from which confectionery, shell-fish, &c., were sold; that in no instance was it found that the goods so sold or exposed for sale were unfit for human consumption. In some instances they were inferior in quality, but were in all cases in such condition that no interference with their sale/would have been justified. He also submitted report, relative to a request of the Coroner, Mr. Braxton Hicks, that an inspection of St. |
4e1755ef-ca95-4e05-ac33-d12815b2067f | Saviour's Hall should be made and the drains tested, in view of the deaths recently occurring, it was alleged, through vaccination; that upon testing the drains they were found to be defective, the water closet pans foul and offensive, the water supply defective, and considerable deposits of excremental filth upon the open space round the building and at the side thereof. Notice was therefore served, and the drains being opened they were found to be broken and badly constructed with fourinch pipes connecting into six-inch without the necessary reducing 105 pipes, portions of the drains having a backward fall, and where bends should have been used in the construction of the works straight pipes had been inserted. That it was found necessary to reconstruct a considerable portion of the drainage and provide in connection therewith suitable inspection chamber and ventilation, in addition to which new water-closets were fixed and the flushing tanks put into proper working order. |
b48db5b6-3027-428a-a801-e5ed7623ca8b | The urinals were also cleansed and the refuse removed from the ground, and the Committee were satisfied that the persons responsible for the premises had been properly called upon to execute the works reported as being carried out. He also submitted report relative to certain defective drains at Nos. 86 and 88 Gwynne Road, in respect of which notice had been served, that the owner, without giving any notice to the Vestry, proceeded to execute works thereto, and that upon a date subsequent to these works being carried out, the drains had again been tested and found to be defective. By direction of the Committee, statutory notice had been served, and the owner of the property had again, without giving any notice, proceeded to open up and execute such works he deemed necessary. Subsequent to the second repairs, the drains had again been tested, when no defect was discovered. |
7b2749ae-fbed-4655-a682-6de998d894ee | The Committee therefore, upon the advice of the Chief Sanitary Inspector, directed that the drains should be opened up and examined with a view to ascertaining what works had been executed, and as to whether any further works were necessary. It was afterwards found necessary to condemn the entire system on account of its defective condition, the Vestry executing part of the work, the drains being combined. He also reported that during the fortnight under report no nuisances had been discovered to arise from certain chemical works previously reported upon, also that he had visited the works and found that the process which had been the subject of complaint was transferred to a new building at the side of the river, and that it was hoped by this 106 arrangement further nuisance would be prevented, although the Manager did not admit that anything escaped from the works likely to be injurious to the health of any person. |
8ee6254f-2f17-4b17-9bda-d7472f15e418 | It was, however, admitted that at times a certain amount of dust was given off during the removal of chemicals from one portion of the works to another, but it was anticipated that the steps which had been taken would considerably minimise, if not actually remove any cause for complaint in this respect. 3rd May. At this meeting, as directed by the Committee, he submitted report, relative to an underground bakehouse situated at Winstanley Road, that he had visited these premises on the 30th April, whilst the baking of bread was in progress, and at a time when it was possible to judge as to the effective ventilation or otherwise of the premises. The bakehouse, he stated was entirely underground, six feet in height from the floor to the underside of the joists, the latter being seven inches deep; a small portion of the underside of the joists above the kneading troughs, is boarded over to prevent the dust working through from the shop floor into the bread. |
66d911d6-2a0c-4537-801c-b90c505dc5c8 | The bakehouse was well paved and more efficiently ventilated than it had been on previous occasions when he had visited, the openings in the external walls, of which there were several being provided with air bricks, in addition to which a large grating in the front of the shop door, and also two chimney openings, assisted in the more efficient ventilation of the premises. That the cubic air space was 1,620 feet and as a rule only one person was engaged therein. That the walls, &c., were very clean and the bakehouse generally in better conditions than it had been for some considerable time. He also also ascertained from the occupier that only upon one occasion during his tenancy had sewage matter escaped into the bakehouse, and this was alleged to be due to the surcharging of the local sewers in the neighbourhood during heavy storms. This occured a few days prior to a visit paid to the premises by a Sub-Committee of the Health Committee. |
f2dde88d-1030-40d8-96b6-e3e0e9790946 | 107 He also submitted reports at this meeting relative to the alleged overcrowding of No. 117 Battersea Park Road, that it was found upon inspection of these premises that there were eleven rooms in the house, occupied by five families, but that in no instance was overcrowding found to exist, each family having not less than two rooms. The number of adult persons occupying the house was ten and of children five, or fifteen persons in all. For these five families, however, only one water closet existed, and the Committee gave directions that the owner should be required to provide further accommodation. Notice was subsequently served and complied with by the owner reducing the number of families in the house. |
37a66611-bc3a-47ff-b85d-e5846da86753 | Also with reference to the alleged overcrowding of a certain house in Stanmer Street, that upon inspection of the premises complained of no overcrowding was found to exist, but that at the adjoining house it was found that there were two small ante rooms occupied by a man, wife and four children, the ages of the latter being respectively 14, 8, 4½, and 2 years. There was a deficiency of air space of about 773 cubic feet. The Committee in this case directed proceedings to be taken for the abatement of the nuisance. Notice was accordingly served and complied with without recourse to summary proceedings in the matter. He also reported as to the half yearly inspection of bake-houses in the parish that there were 108 of such premises, divided up in the eight Sanitary Districts as follows:— No. 1 District 14 bakehouses. |
9f741a1f-6bad-4688-955d-b93fbe12f331 | „ 2 „ 16 ,, „ 3 „ 16 „ „ 4 „ 16 „ „ 5 „ 11 „ „ 6 ,, 23 „ „ 7 „ 8 „ „ 8 ,, 4 „ 108 j 108 and that except in 15 instances the half yearly cleansing and limewhiting of the walls, &c., had been carried out. The Committee gave directions that the necessary notices should be served and if not complied with, further proceedings taken. The works of cleansing, &c., were, however, carried out upon the notices being served and it was unnecessary to resort to summary proceedings in any case for enforcing the requirements of the Act. In one case out of the 108, the bakehouse was being rebuilt, the old one having become somewhat dilapidated. 14th June.—At this meeting he submitted report that a builder had, without having given the necessary notice as required by the Bye-laws of the London County Council under Sec. |
82210ae6-0362-4282-9b57-6014cfc7589f | 39 (1) Public Health (London) Act, 1891, constructed a water closet in connection with the common lodging house at 75 Falcon Road, and further that he had made certain alterations to the drains, consequently rendering himself liable to penalties. The Committee gave the directions for the necessary proceedings to be taken in the matter and the defendant was subsequently fined 5s. and 2s. costs. The Committee also considered report relative to similar works which had been carried out in connection with No. 14 Sisters Avenue, at which premises, a builder, acting on behalf of the owner, had fixed two water closets without giving notice, and had connected the trap of the water closet to an iron junction in the soil pipe, contrary to the Bye-laws, that the owner had subsequently called upon him with reference to the matter and expressed his regret for not having given notice, his builder had been instructed to do so but had neglected to casry out such instructions. |
a8d7dc2b-ec10-4a3a-b3c0-d882d3274f0f | The Committee directed that the Chief Sanitary Inspector should caution the latter and also the owner in respect of the matter. He also submitted report relative to the occupation of Petworth House, Boundaries Road, without the necessary certificate of water supply having first been obtained. The Committee, 109 however, decided not to prosecute in the matter, inasmuch as the house had been sold at least a fortnight, and that the builder was unaware that the purchaser had intended to occupy the house so soon. He also at this meeting submitted report as to the inadequate water-closet and urinal accommodation in connection with the Projectile Company's Work, New Road, at which there were at the time of his inspection about 540 men, working in two shifts of 340 during the day, and 200 during the night. |
1eda638c-c666-41a4-b148-8a38c3e66ce4 | He found that for this number, eight water-closet, in addition to urinal accommodation, was provided, and that these upon inspection were in good and cleanly condition, having been altered, upon his suggestion, two or three years previously, at which time less than 200 workmen were employed. He suggested that eight additional water closets be provided, which would give accommodation for 400 men. This view the Committee adopted, and the works were subsequently carried out. He also reported with reference to Messrs. Arding & Hobbs' workshops, St. Johns Hill, that upon inspection there were some 16 male and 7 female persons employed in the upholstering, carpentering and cabinet-making trades. The work rooms in each case were found to be in cleanly condition and not overcrowded. The water closet accommodation was insufficient, there being one w.c. for the use of the two sexes. |
5788bc67-03ed-48a4-9e8a-7a87a622f2d7 | The arrangement was a temporary one pending the completion of the new premises the firm were erecting in Ilminster Gardens, and so soon as these were completed, the work-people employed at the workshops in question would be removed to the new building. He therefore suggested that subject to the present apparatus being put into proper condition, the Committee should not require accommodation to be provided at present. 110 The Committee after careful consideration of the matter, decided to agree to these recommendations, and in due course the necessary repairs were made to the water closet, since which, the workpeople have been transferred to the new building. 5th July. At this meeting he submitted further report relative to the alleged nuisance arising from the manufacture of water gas at the Nine Elms Gas Works that the premises had been kept under constant observation, and that he found there was no cause for complaint. The Chief Sanitary Inspector also submitted report with reference to the nuisance arising from the manner in which kitchen and hotel refuse is received and dealt with at the premises No. |
d558c06e-8a4a-4aaa-8bc6-4ec7c0a41c3c | 69 Stainforth Road, the work of sorting being conducted in some sheds at the rear, and that a similar business is also conducted at No. 11 Latchmere Grove, and at No. 22 Latchmere Grove. He was of opinion, that this was a business which ought to be conducted under proper Bye-laws made by a central Authority, and administered by the Local Sanitary Authority both as to the structure of the buildings in which the business was carried on, and also the conduct of the business, and had previously had to call the attention of the Committee to nuisances arising from the sorting, &c. of the animal and vegetable refuse, and suggested that the owners should be required to properly pave and drain the premises in which the business was conducted. The Committee gave the necessary directions in the matter. The Committee also considered report of the Chief Inspector relative to the drains of No. 16 Rushhill Road which connected with a combined system of drainage at the rear, serving Nos. |
5a92b2f2-7bb0-4990-b5ab-d49f0b31695b | 2 to 14, the whole of which had been re-constructed, except the drain serving No. 16. That notice had been served upon the the owner of this property (who through her representative disputed that the drains were defective) that he had, with the District Inspector, visited thepremises, tested the drains, and found 111 them defective. The owner's representative thereupon promised to give notice when remedying the defect, in order that the works might be examined. No such notice, however, having been given, a further inspection of the property was made when it was found that a new water-closet, &c. had been fixed, and certain repairs made to the drains. That on the 2nd inst., not being satisfied as to the works which had been carried out, application was made to test the drains with water, but the Inspector was refused admission to the premises without a Magistrate's Order. |
36a978bf-0382-4590-a75e-8f79a81de920 | The Chief Sanitary Inspector then asked the authority of the Committee to apply to a Court for a warrant for the purpose, and they gave directions that application should be made for the same, if found necessary. See report of proceedings at following meeting of the Committee. 19th July.—At this meeting he submitted report with reference to the urinal accommodation in connection with the "Collingwood Arms," Plough Road, that the licence of these premises was one which he had opposed in March, at which time the Justices viewed and ordered that the urinal should be enlarged to meet the Vestry's requirements; that he had been in communication with the Clerk to the Justices relative to Mr. Pott's neglect to comply with the order made upon him by the Bench. The Clerk to the Justices had summoned Mr. |
44bf6fa0-33dd-4dae-a3cd-3c8f6973d330 | Potts to attend before the Justices at their next meeting, and being himself ill, the Chief Inspector had directed the District Inspector to attend and explain to the Bench the action which had been taken, and it was satisfactory to be able to report to the Committee that the Justices intimated to Mr. Potts that if the requirements of the Vestry were not carried out by their next meeting, his license would be seriously imperilled, since which the licence holder has considerably enlarged the urinal, giving a superficial area of from 24 to 30 feet. |
2bb64c3a-b22d-47e4-bdc1-ac8ead864ccb | 6th September.—The Committee also considered report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector relative to several houses in Savona 112 Street and other parts of the Parish at the rear of which wooden structures existed, and were used for the purpose of keeping ponies, donkeys, &c.; that these structures had doubtless been erected from time to time without the sanction of the Authority and being used as stables, to comply with the Bye-laws of the Vestry, should be properly paved and drained. As, however, in several cases it would be difficult to provide proper paving and drainage, he suggested to the Committee that where this was impossible, the owners should be permitted to use peat litter or sawdust, subject to the refuse accummulating being properly removed. |
39bb1a07-ad9a-41dc-8562-5daa75762bc3 | 20th September.—At this meeting the Committee also considered a complaint which had been made relative to alleged nuisance arising from the manufacture of water gas at the Nine Elms Gas Works, and also in connection therewith a report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector upon the matter; that the premises had been the subject of previous reports upon the matter, and had been kept for months past under constant observation. The complainant referred to stench, smoke and noise. Enquiries had been made in the neighbourhood of the Works, which did not bear out the complaints so far as stench and smoke were concerned, neither did the observations which had been kept upon the premises by the Vestry's own officers, and that since his report of the 1st February he had again visited the premises and found the greatest precautions being taken, he was of opinion there was no cause for complaint. He reported, however, that the premises would be still kept under observation, and that as soon as nuisance was observed, the matter would be reported to the Committee. |
35d530ef-cf31-4856-b9ff-3e114af74725 | The question of noise was one outside the Committee's jurisdiction under the Public Health (London) Act. He also submitted report to the effect that the Inspector for No. 2 District had seized a quantity of apples exposed for sale at a shop in Culvert Road, and that the Magistrate at the South Western Police Court had condemned the same, and ordered their destruction. 113 The Committee gave directions for proceedings to be taken. |
4fce2756-3f31-41ef-8d28-e0d48da45086 | He also submitted report to the effect that he had been desired by the Chairman of the Vestry to report to the Committee as to the conditions under which ice-creams were manufactured in the Parish, that there were unfortunately no regulations or bye-laws in existence governing the construction of premises in which ice-creams are manufactured, or the conduct of the business, the consequence being that such articles might be manufactured in places which are totally unfit for the purpose, and that it had been found necessary in the past to serve notices with reference to the insanitary conditions existing at buildings in which ice-creams were manufactured; that the Vestry had previously directed the attention of the Local Government Board to the matter, as arising out of the previous reports that he had furnished to the Committee upon the subject. 4th October.—At this meeting the Chief Sanitary Inspector submitted report with reference to certain proceedings taken against a Mr. |
67ceb838-7a06-4f40-8185-bd448a3cd23a | Chapman for constructing a watercloset without first having given notice to the Vestry, as required by the bye-laws of the London County Council under Sec 39 (1) of the Public Health (London) Act, and that he had been fined on the 29th June, 5/- and 2/- costs in respect of the offence. That in view of the water-closet having been constructed without supervision, the drains had been tested and found defective, and in due course notice was served to take up and relay the drains where necessary. |
3d46712f-66d7-4b20-8224-4430449adf1c | He thereupon proceeded to make considerable alterations in the drainage, constructing an inspection chamber in the yard, and diverting the various drains from the water-closets, &c., into the same, but without providing suitable channel curves and bends to direct the flow of sewage into the main drain, consequently the tributuary drains entered the inspection chamber at right angles to the main drain, so that during the discharge of the said H 114 drains, the soil, &c., was washed across to the opposite side of the inspection chamber, contrary to the regulations of the Vestry. Considerable correspondence ensued, and eventually he submitted a plan which was approved by the Vestry, and the works were ordered to be carried out in accordance with the Drainage regulations. |
5cf25364-19c7-48c8-886b-255bbf61c71f | As however, certain works had been executed which were not shown upon his plan, he was requested to furnish an amended application, but in the meantime, he had taken up and diverted a considerable portion of the general system of drainage, and had further substituted a four inch drain for the six inch main drain. The Committee approved of the action of the Chief Sanitary Inspector, in refusing to test the drains which had not been sanctioned, and directed that the matter should be placed in the hands of the Vestry's Solicitor with a view to proceedings being taken. These were subsequently instituted, a summons being granted. Upon service however, it was discovered that the defendant had gone to Australia, and was not expected back for several months. 18th October.—At this meeting the Chief Sanitary Inspector reported with reference to a nuisance alleged to arise from the manufacture of gas at the London and South Western Railway Co. |
0e303199-95d1-426f-9213-38775971073e | 's Works in Plough Road, that in the early hours of the morning of the 7th October, the residents in the locality of Plough and Maysoule Roads, suffered from offensive effluvia gaining access to the houses and producing a considerable amount of sickness. Upon receipt of the complaint, certain of the houses were visited and the smell of gas was distinctly noticeable, which at first caused suspicion that the drains of the houses were defective, and that the smell must have arisen from some matter passed into the sewer and escaping through the defects in the drains. As however there were houses similarly affected in which the drains were known to be in sound condition, he was of opinion that 115 the nuisance could not arise from this cause, and consequently visited the works of the Railway Company at which oil gas is manufactured, for the purpose of lighting the railway carriages, the gas being produced from shale oil, passed into the retorts, which are heated by coke. |
673b5e6e-ba42-4799-bbbd-7be53fb7516d | Certain purifying processes follow, principally by lime, and the gas is then stored in stationary vessels, suitable for the purpose, and also in drums upon an open site upon the ground, the latter having been sanctioned as a suitable position, as he was given to understand, by the London County Council. He was not able to ascertain from the drainage in connection with the works, that any of the products of manufacture had been allowed to enter the drains, and therefore the sewers in the locality. The gas is known as hydrocarbon and he was of opinion that the nuisance must have arisen through a large quantity of the gas having inadvertently been allowed to escape into the atmosphere, as the houses which were affected were in close proximity to the works, and no nuisance was noticeable along the line of sewer, except in the immediate vicinity of the works. |
e963db16-7c8d-48a3-bc82-a2f310bebee8 | He further ascertained that this gas had been manufactured at the works in question for the past 18 years, and this was the first occasion to his knowledge that any nuisance had been ascertained to arise. No further nuisance has been discovered, although the premises have been kept under observation continually since the date of report. He also submitted report to the effect that Mr. Barker of Philpot Street, Mile End, a builder erecting property in Leveson Road, Clapham Common, had allowed No. 19 to be occupied by a family as caretakers without first having made application for the certificate of water supply as required by section 48 Public Health (London) Act. Also that in connection with the house the drains had not been finally tested and passed. The Committee therefore gave directions that proceedings should be taken against Mr. Barker in the matter and he was subsequently fined for the offence. |
5677b109-f39c-4a31-baab-2515fe497851 | 116 During 1897, the Chief Sanitary Inspector reported with reference to an offensive business which had been carried on at certain premises in High Street, the nuisance being the scraping and drying of skate skins. At the meeting of the 18th October, 1898, it had been found that, although the shop had changed hands since the report in 1897, the business of cleansing and drying fish skins had been recommenced, but the occupier, upon being cautioned by the District Inspector as to the nuisance arising from this business, and hearing that the previous occupier of the premises had been threatened with proceedings, discontinued the scraping, &c., of the fish skins. On the 12th October it was found that the occupier was again engaged in the business. Preliminary notice was therefore served, and by direction of the Health Committee, statutory notice was also served, since which time no further nuisance has been discovered by the officers of the Health Department. |
8bb9e309-05d9-4814-9014-3d70f2c5b31a | The Chief Sanitary Inspector drew attention to the fact that it was a most offensive business, and in many respects resembled gut scraping, and was undoubtedly one of those businesses which should be conducted in properly constructed buildings and under similar bye-laws to those which regulated the business of the gut scraper. 1st November. At this meeting the Chief Sanitary Inspector submitted report in accordance with the directions of the Committee, relative to the disposal of goods entrusted to a firm of disinfectors for the purpose of disinfecting after infectious disease, that he had ascertained it was the practice of the firm to disinfect articles of clothing, &c., which had been subjected to the various diseases classed as notifiable under the Public Health (London) Act 1891; and that after the disinfection was carried out, all goods were returned to the houses from which they had been brought, except in those cases where the instructions of the Sanitary Authority were that the goods should be destroyed. |
6ea5c58c-d9a3-4e2d-8f35-2343366a3663 | In the latter case, this 117 was carried out in a specially constructed furnace in connection with the works, and the greatest possible precautions were taken to prevent the spread of disease in bringing the articles to the works, and that none of the workmen in their employ were allowed to take away or dispose of any such articles. He also submitted report to the effect that he had attended the Annual Meeting of the Licensing Committee of the London County Council in connection with the licensing of the Slaughterhouses, cowhouses and knacker's yards, which was held on the 24th October, that the number of slaughter-houses in the Parish for which application had been made was nine, that in one case, conditions were attached to the licence, and in another objection was taken to the Licence by the London County Councils Officer, this being in respect of the slaughterhouse, No. |
faf0e3b3-2b6b-4cfa-9dad-fc27e418d7b9 | 139 Bridge Road West, at which premises it was shewn the occupier had infringed the Bye-laws of the Council in not cleansing the floor of slaughterhouse and fat board, on completion of slaughtering, in placing a quantity of offal and foul liquid in a receptacle intended for stable manure, and placing intestines from slaughtered animals in uncovered receptacles, that as summary proceedings were being taken against the proprietors, the Committee adjourned the case until their next meeting. On the 28th inst., the result of the proceedings taken against the proprietor were reported to the Committee of the Council, and the proprietor having been fined 20s. and 4s. costs, his licence was renewed. He also submitted report relative to the half yearly inspections of bakehouses, that twelve of the bakehouses situated in No. 1 District the half yearly cleansing and limewhiting, had been carried out, the remainder not being in use. In No. |
7e7838a1-79e5-467b-a6b3-e4c6c89368b5 | 2 District, the Committee directed notices to be served in two cases for cleansing and limewhiting, one bakehouse was not occupied whilst the remaining 14 were in cleanly condition. 118 In No. 3 District, out of 16 bakehouses the usual cleansing, &c., had not been carried out in 12 instances, in 1 case the bakehouse was closed. In No. 4 District, the Committee gave directions for 2 notices to be served, 14 bakehouses being in satisfactory condition, and 1 being closed. In No. 5 District, 11 bakehouses, and in No. 6 District 23 were all in cleanly and satisfactory condition. In No. 7 District there were 8 bakehouses, and the Committee gave directions for notices to be served requiring the cleansing and limewhiting to be carried out in 4 instances. In No. 8 District there were 4 bakehouses, all of which were in cleanly condition. |
105af0e7-a742-494f-a48e-782e30a68ba6 | The total number of bakehouses in use at this time was 104, and the number unoccupied 5. 1st November.—The Chief Inspector reported on the 1st November as to a report that he had submitted on the 5th July concerning the defective condition of drains at No. 16 Rush Hill Road, at which time the Committee gave directions that if necessary warrant should be obtained for opening up the drains. That as advised by the Solicitor he had given notice to the occupier of his intention to apply for such warrant if he was not admitted to the premises, and on the 22nd October, having been again refused admission, he made application to the Magistrate at the South Western Police Court to enter the premises, open up and examine the drains. The issue of the warrant being opposed by the owner. Mr. |
ecf00cd9-3c0e-4f02-9954-bce968f2ca72 | Francis, the Magistrate, however, on the sworn information of the Chief Sanitary Inspector, held that there was reasonable ground for entry, and that there had been a refusal or failure to admit the Inspector to the premises by the occupier, 119 and granted the warrant. That upon entering the house by virtue of the warrant on the 24th October with the District Inspector and the Vestry s workmen, and opening the drains he had found them seriously defective throughout their entire length. The owner's representative being present during the examination eventually agreed to take up and relay the entire system in accordance with the Vestry's requirements, and the works were subsequently carried out. This was the first occasion that he had found it necessary to apply for a warrant for the purpose of enforcing the Vestry's requirements, and the Magistrate expressed the opinion that the owner had acted very unwisely in refusing the Sanitary Authority admittance to the premises in question. 15th November. |
59eac017-cd86-4241-8767-58bb57a82d33 | At this meeting, the Chief Sanitary Inspector reported to the effect that a railway company was constructing water closets, and making alterations to the drains without first having given notice to the Vestry as required by the Bye-laws of the London County Council, that upon this being discovered he had communicated with the railway company who had replied that they were not subject to the Bye-laws of the London County Council governing the construction of water closets, they having power to make and maintain drains within the limits of deviation under their own private Acts of Parliament, that he had consulted the Solicitor upon the matter, who was of opinion that the Company were acting within their rights in making these alterations without the sanction or approval of the Vestry. He also reported relative to a seizure of apples made by No. 5 District Inspector, which were afterwards condemned and ordered to be destroyed by the Magistrate at the South Western Police Court. |
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