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192
1903]
Dust bins provided 62
„ repaired or covered 22
Surface drains and yard pavements repaired 108
Water supply—cisterns provided 2
„ „ repaired and cleansed 219
,, provided 81
Houses—repaired 82
„ cleansed and limewashed 342
,, ventilated 21
Overcrowding abated 80
Invalidity of the By laws,—At the usual period of the year, that is to
say, in the months of February and March, the inspectors commenced to serve
notices on landlords of houses on the register, reminding them that the annual
cleansing was expected to be done according to By-law 17 in the first week of
the month of April. The by-law provides as follows:—
17. The landlord of a lodging-house shall, in the first week of the
month of April in every year, cause every part of the premises to be
cleansed.
He shall, at the same time, except in such cases as are hereinafter
specified, cause every area, the interior surface of every ceiling and
wall of every water-closet belonging to the premises, and the interior
surface of every ceiling and wall of every room, staircase, and passage
in the house to be thoroughly lime-washed.
Provided that the foregoing requirement with respect to the limewashing
of the internal surface of the walls of rooms, staircases, and
passages shall not apply in any case where the internal surface of any
such wall is painted, or where the material of or with which such
surface is constructed or covered is such as to render the lime-whiting
thereof unsuitable or inexpedient and where such surface is thoroughly
cleansed and the paint or other covering is renewed, if the renewal
thereof be necessary for the purpose of keeping the premises in a
cleanly and wholesome condition.
Among others so reminded were the landlords (Messrs. Nokes and
Nokes) of 9, St. Clement's Street. On failing to comply with the notice they were
written to, but as they still failed to comply with the by-law they were summoned
before Mr. d'Eynecourt, at Clerkenwell Police Court, " that they did