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The owner of 3, Hanover Place was prosecuted with
regard to failure to carry out a Vestry notice as to defective
drainage. The magistrate inflicted a fine of 20s. and costs,
and ordered the premises to be closed until the works were
executed. The work had not been done at the time of
writing this Report, and the premises remain closed.
The owner of 25 and 26, Little North Street having
failed to carry out a Vestry notice, the magistrate granted
an order for the work to be done within 14 days, and this
was duly attended to.
The owner of 49, Salisbury Street was summoned for
neglect to carry out the notice of the Vestry to properly
drain the premises, and a magistrate's order was obtained
for the work to be done within 14 days.
The owner of a bakehouse, 58, George Street, Portman
Square, was prosecuted under the Public Health and
Factory and Workshops Acts for various sanitary defects,
and a magistrate's order was obtained for the work to be
done within six weeks.
A tradesman, carrying on business at 288, Edgware
Road, was prosecuted for exposing unsound fruit for sale,
and the magistrate inflicted a small fine (10s.)
THE HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT,
1890.
Six wretched houses in Jeffs Place were condemned
under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, and a
magistrate's order obtained to close the houses. These
houses still remain closed.
THE LABORATORY. SALE OF FOOD AND
DRUGS ACTS.
During 1893, 595 samples of food, drink, and drugs
were analysed under the sale of Food and Drugs Act, in the
Court House Laboratory.