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ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF
been inspected during the year by me with Inspector
Strutt. The sanitary arrangements in several of the
older theatres were extremely defective and necessitated
a complete renewal of the drainage works, with
improved ventilation in dressing rooms and in the
public retiring rooms. At the Royalty Theatre, the
dressing rooms are in the basement of the building and
most of them have no direct communication with the
open air. The licensing authority should require better
accommodation to be provided at this theatre. In the
remaining theatres nothing requiring rectification was
found in some, in others minor defects were discovered
and remedied. The supervision of this work has been
carried out satisfactorily by Inspector Strutt.
Legal Proceedings.—In only one case was it necessary
to complain to a magistrate in order to enforce the
requirements of your Board, viz., in respect of the Mona
Hotel, where an order was made giving 28 days in which
to complete the work. In several other cases the
intimation of the fact that your Board had authorised
legal proceedings to be taken, was sufficient to produce
compliance with orders previously served.
Dilapidated Structures.—In Holies Street and Clare
Market there are several houses which have been empty
for some time and have been gradually falling to pieces;
besides being dangerous to people passing, they became
receptacles of rubbish, and as the County Council has
powers to fence in and to demolish neglected and dilapidated
buildings, complaint was made to the Council and
magistrates' orders were obtained for that purpose.
Bye-Laws.
The bye-laws made by the County Council and by your