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Act, 1874, and the Local Government Act, 1888—an important
duty which was formerly carried out by the officers of the
London County Council. During 1909, minor sanitary defects
have been found as follows:—defective paving (2),
dirty premises (3), defective fresh air inlet and manhole
cover (1); whilst at 106 Lower Marsh (voluntary repairing of
premises, new roof, etc.); and at 151 Lambeth Walk the roof
was defective, and the District Surveyor had served notices
under the Building Act.
Four Slaughter-houses have changed hands during 1909,
viz. : 12 Lower Tulse Hill to Mr. Walter Rooksby, of 2.23
Rye Lane, Peckham (vice Mr. William Haydon); 151 Lambeth
Walk to Mr. Robert William Milton (vice Mr. Samuel
Wright); 1 Lansdowne Road to Mrs. Minnie Mary Copeman
(vice Mr. Sydney Beaumont Wheeler, Manager for Mrs.
Copeman); and 263 Brixton Road to Messrs. Ernest William
and John Arthur Snelling (trading as Snelling Bros.), vice
Mr. Ernest William Snelling.
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COWHOUSES.
There were, within the Borough of Lambeth, at the end cf
1908, 14 registered Cowhouses, and at the Annual Licensing
of the London County Council, held on October 25th, 1909,
the licenses were all renewed, except that for 196 Norwood
Road.