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undertaken during the year against a person for conveying offensive
material through the streets at other than the time prescribed by
the By-laws; he was fined 20s. and costs.
Water Supply. The water supplied throughout the whole
of the district by the Kent Water Works Company and the
Metropolitan Water Board has again maintained its high standard
of purity. Three hundred and twelve Certificates have been
granted under Section 48 of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, during the year, which certificates are to the effect that the
new house in question is supplied with a proper water supply. In
one case proceedings were taken against the owner for allowing
the house to be occupied without obtaining such certificate, when
a fine of 10s. and 2s. costs was imposed.
Public Sanitary Conveniences. During the year a new
Sanitary Convenience at the junction of Blackwall Lane and
Woolwich Road has been opened. This convenience has accommodation
for both sexes, and is much appreciated and used in
the district. There is still a need for further accommodation of
this sort within the Borough, and, as pointed out in the last
Report, this appears to be especially the case near the Entrance to
the Park, from King William Street, and as, in all probability,
this open space will be patronised much more during the coming
than it has been in recent years, this accommodation is particularly
needed.
Smoke Nuisances. Three hundred and sixty-nine observations
have been taken for smoke nuisances during the year, and on
11 occasions, when black smoke was found to be emitted in such
quantity as to be a nuisance, the matter was reported to the