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The fines and costs imposed amounted to £114 4s.
In 24 other cases in which proceedings had been instituted, the
summonses were withdrawn by the Vestry on the payment of the
costs of the summonses, the works necessary to abate the nuisances
having been executed.
SANITARY LEGISLATION, 1899.
The following is a short abstract of the sanitary provisions of the
Acts affecting the Metropolis that were passed in 1899: —
The, Metropolis Water Act, 1899, which enables and requires the
Metropolitan Water Companies to supply each other with water in
cases of emergency, and to construct the necessary works if so required
by the Local Government Board.
The London Government Act, 1899, an Act to make better provision
for Local Government in London, by making Metropolitan
Boroughs, the Councils of which shall each consist of a Mayor,
Aldermen, and Councillors.
By this Act, the following powers and duties will be transferred
from the London County Council to the Borough Councils: —
The registration of dairymen and the duty of enforcing the byelaws
and regulations with respect to dairies and milk, and with respect
to slaughter-houses, knackers' yards, and offensive businesses [2nd
Sched., Part 1., and sec. 6 (4)].
The power to adopt Part 111. of the Housing of the Working
Classes Act, 1890, that is, the power of providing “lodging-houses
for the working classes” [2nd Sched., Part. II.]
The Metropolis Management Acts Amendment (Bye-Laws) Act,
1899, authorises the London County Council to make bye-laws requiring
persons about to do drainage work to deposit with the Sanitary
Authority all necessary plans, sections and particulars.
The Seats for Shop Assistants Act, 1899, provides for seats
being supplied in tne proportion of at least one for every three female