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Prosecutions under the public health act. 21
As to the abatement of smoke, there are but few
factory chimneys in the parish, and therefore the number of
complaints was not great; in fact, only half-a-dozen during
the year. Four of these were considered to be justly
grounded, and notices to abate were served. Some three
premises at the present time are under observation.
PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH
(LONDON) ACT, 1891.
The greatest majority of sanitary notices are at once
carried out by the owners or responsible persons on the
receipt of a simple written communication, calling attention
to the matter. A smaller number are dealt with by letter,
followed up by a Vestry notice. A still smaller number
have to be enforced by the usual legal proceedings. The
following is a list of such cases—
The owner of 97, Gloucester Mews
„ 34, Balcombe Street
„ 10, Thayer Street
„ 116, Lisson Grove
„ 8 and 98, Balcombe Street
„ 29, Frederick Street
„ 35, Frederick Street
„ 27, St. John's Wood Terrace
„ 8, Upper Park Place
„ 33, Upper Park Place
„ 37, Hereford Street
„ 216, Edgware Road
,, 10, St. Anne's Terrace
„ Bowman's Buildings
were all summoned for non-compliance with regard to
notices.
The most important of the above cases was that of
Bowman's Buildings, a block built according to specifications
drawn out by the predecessors of the London County
Council, viz., the Metropolitan Board of Works. At the
time when this block was building, I drew the attention,