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of such houses for human habitation, and the premises were
closed. In addition to making the Closing Order, the Magistrate
also fined the owner above referred to the sum of £2.
Proceedings were also taken against two persons for unlawfully
removing or carrying by road through certain streets in the
district faecal or offensive or noxious matter contrary to the byelaws
made by the London County Council, under Section 16 of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and fines were inflicted,
amounting together to £2.
Proceedings were also taken against the owners of six newlyerected
houses in the Parish of Greenwich, for permitting those
houses to be occupied as dwelling-houses without it having been
certified by the Sanitary Authority that such houses had a proper
and sufficient supply of water from a Water Company, or by
some other means, and fines were inflicted, amounting, in the
whole, to £3 15s.
The Medical Officer of Health for Deptford having represented
to the Board, under the provisions of the Housing ot
the Working Classes Act, 1890, that Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 on
the northern side of Martha Place, in the Parish of Saint Paul,
Deptford, were in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as
to be unfit for human habitation, the Board caused notices to be
served requiring the owner, within fourteen days from the service
of the notices, to make such houses fit for human habitation, and
the owner failing to comply with such notices, proceedings were
taken against her, and the Magistrate made an order prohibiting the
using of the premises for the purposes of human habitation until,