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As the result of the inspections made by the Sanitary staff
4,289 intimations under Sec. 3 of the Public Health Act
(London) 1891 were served for the purpose of warning those
liable of the existence of Sanitary defects. Under Sec. 4
1,076 notices were served under order of the Sanitary Committee
as well as 1,608 under Secs. 62 and 65. Three thousand
two hundred and fifty-three complaints were received and
attended to. The other sanitary operations will be found in
the table.
As the result of neglect to comply with notices proceedings
were ordered to be taken by the Sanitary Committee in eleven
hundred instances. The actual number of summonses issued
were fifty-two, magisterial orders were obtained and enforced in
forty-two of these cases.
Of the fifty-two Summonses issued twenty-five were under
the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, twenty-six under the Public
Health Act and one under the Corrupt Practices Act.
The ten cases in which Magisterial orders were not obtained
are as follows:—
SALE OF FOOD & DRUGS ACT.
1 case Warranty proved (Milk).
1 ,, Summons withdrawn (Milk) conviction being obtained
against proprietor.
1 „ Dismissed (Olive Oil) not shown to have been purchased
as an article of food.
1 ,, Dismissed (Olive Oil) want of corroborative evidence.
3 cases Milk. Summons not issued, defendants having
removed from the locality, and their present address
being unknown to the police officers.
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
1 case Summons adjourned sine die, defendant in liquidation.
1 „ Soil Pipe, open head, nuisance not proved.
CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT.
1 case Dismissed. It being the Magistrate's opinion that the
defendant had no intention to bribe the Inspector by
offering him 5/-.