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THE STRAND DISTRICT, LONDON.
Magistrate's Order granted,—
(a.) To do works required 3
(b.) To close premises*—
From want of water 3
From unsanitary conditions 5
Fines inflicted,—
For illegal interference with water supply, £5 and
costs.
For selling oranges in a condition unfit for food
(section 47 (3), £10 and costs.
Appeal to Quarter Sessions, conviction
upheld.
For non-compliance with Bye-laws 1 and 14
under section 39 (1), 10s. and costs.
Food and Drugs Acts:—
Summons taken out 7
Convictions 6
Dismissed (on production of warranty) 1
Housing of the Working Classes Act:—
Number of inhabited houses represented to
London County Council under Part I. 238
Number of houses represented to the Strand
Board of Works under Part II. 10
Result:—
Closed without magisterial intervention 3
Improved without magisterial intervention 5
Subsequently dealt with and closed under
Public Health Act 2
Nine of the 10 houses represented under Part II.
are situated in the insanitary area which forms the
* In respect of two houses the closing order was subsequently revoked on
restoring the premises to a sanitary condition.