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house walls re-pointed back and front, and the interior cleansed
from top to bottom. On seeing this I was obliged to admit that if
the other houses were treated in a similar way the Vestry would be
satisfied and not consider demolition necessary. The owner, however,
found the repairs to No. 1 house very costly, and objected to
carrying out similar repairs in the others.
The hearing of the case took place on May 20th. It was supported
by the evidence of the Medical Officer of Health and the Chief
Sanitary Inspector; and the owner had Mr. Wynter Blyth,
Medical Officer of Health of Marylebone, and Dr. Corfield,
Medical Officer of Health of St. George's, Hanover Square.
On cross-examination, the Medical Officers appearing for the
owner admitted that important repairs were very necessary. The
Magistrate ultimately adjourned the case for 21 days to see if the
owner complied with the requirements of the Vestry.
Various adjournments took place to July 24th.
The Magistrate was in favour of the action taken by the Vestry,
and would have granted a closing order but for Counsel for Defendant
expressing his willingness to carry out necessary repairs. In
the end the case was adjourned sine die to enable the Defendant to
meet the requirements of the Vestry, and on the work being completed
the case ended.
Pullen's Buildings. — A summons was taken out against
Mr. Pullen in respect of an alleged nuisance arising from the sinks
and closets of Nos. 90 and 104, Pullen's Buildings, Manor Place,
and heard on May 1st. The original inspection was made, on complaint
from the tenants of foul smells from the sinks in the washhouses
and the waterclosets. The Medical Officer of Health and
the Chief Sanitary Inspector investigated the complaint, and were
satisfied that a nuisance calling for the intervention of the Vestry
existed at these houses. The defective conditions were that the sink
waste pipe emptied over a surface gully in the floor of the washhouse,
the air of which was the same as that in the living room;
that the pipe from the gully led directly into the soil pipe, and
that the waterclosets were four in number to each soil pipe, and
were situated one above the other in a vertical line without any