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for hearing the charge, and if he proves to the satisfaction of the
court that he had used due diligence to prevent the commission of
the offence, and that the said other person committed the offence
without his knowledge, consent, or connivance, he shall be exempt
from any fine, and the said other person may be summarily convicted
of the offence.
Sewers.— During the year 8181 feet of pipe sewer and 220 feet of brick
sewer were constructed, and a number of repairs also executed.
Public Sanitary Conveniences.—Section 45 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, regulates these structures, and it will be observed that sub-section
(2) gives the Sanitary Authority additional power over urinals, etc., erected
by publicans and others. The proper maintenance of these conveniences so
that they may not become a nuisance is a matter of considerable importance
to the convenience and health of the public.
(1) Where a Sanitary Authority provide and maintain any public
lavatories, ash-pits, or sanitary conveniences, such authority may—
(a) Make regulations with respect to the management thereof,
and bye-laws as to the decent conduct of persons using the
same; and
(b) Let the same for any term not exceeding three years at
such rent, and subject to such conditions, as they may
think fit; and
(c) Charge such fees for the use of any lavatories or
closets provided by them as they may think proper.
(2) No public lavatory, ash-pit, or sanitary convenience shall be erected
in or accessible from any street without the consent in writing of
the Sanitary Authority, who may give their consent upon such
terms as to the use thereof, or the removal thereof, at any time, if
required by the Sanitary Authority, as they may think fit.
(3) If any person erects a lavatory, ash-pit, or sanitary convenience in
contravention of this section, and after notice to that effect served
by the Sanitary Authority does not remove the same, he shall be
liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds, and to a fine not exceeding
twenty shillings for every day during which the offence continues
after a conviction for the offence.
(4) Nothing in this section shall extend to any lavatory or sanitary
convenience now or hereafter erected by any railway Company
within their railway-station yard, or the approaches thereto.
REGENT'S CANAL.
Several thousands of tons of deposit were removed from the water-way of
the Regent's Canal by the North Metropolitan Railway and Canal Company,
and from the lay-byes, docks, and basins of the Canal by the owners or
occupiers, and in October the water-way of the Canal was found to be fairly
clear from Chalk Farm to the Zoological Gardens, and down to the
Cumberland Basin.