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served upon such occupier by the Sanitary Authority, requiring
such occupier to do what was necessary for preventing the
recurrence of a nuisance arising from an accumulation or deposit
of manure upon such premises, and the magistrate fined such
occupier £5, and 2s. costs.
Proceedings were also taken against the occupier of a
bakehouse in the Parish of Saint Paul, Deptford, for using such
bakehouse when it was in such a state as to be on sanitary
grounds unfit for use, and such occupier was fined £2, and £2 2s.
costs.
Proceedings were also taken against a person residing in the
Parish of Saint Paul, Deptford, for wilfully obstructing an officer
of the Sanitary Authority duly employed in the execution of his
duties under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the obstruction
being that such person persistently refused to allow the house
refuse to be taken away from the house in which such person
resided, and the magistrate fined such person £2, and 2s. costs.
Proceedings were also taken against the occupier of certain
Electric Light Works in the Parish of Saint Nicholas, Deptford,
for allowing a chimney at those Works to send forth black smoke
in such quantity as to be a nuisance. Summonses were
issued in respect of two days, and on their being heard, the
magistrate imposed a fine of £10, and 2s. costs for each offence,
making together, £20 4s. The defendant, however, gave notice
of appeal to the Quarter Sessions against such convictions, but
such appeals were ultimately withdrawn. The same defendant
was also proceeded against for similar offences on two subsequent
occasions, and was fined £10, and £3 3s. costs, in the one
case, and £10, and £5 ss. costs, in the other. Proceedings