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and so sloped to a properly constructed channel as effectually
to carry off all rain or waste water therefrom; and he shall
cause such pavement to be kept in proper repair.
He shall cause all concrete used in connection with any such
pavement to be composed of clean gravel, hard brick broken
small, or other suitable ballast, with a sufficient quantity of
sand, or grit, well mixed with good Portland cement in the
proportion by measure of not less than one part of cement to
six parts of other material.
Provided that proceedings shall not be taken against the owner
of any dwelling-house for an offence against this bye-law unless
and until the owner, after service upon him of a notice in
writing by the Council requiring him within such reasonable
time as is specified in the notice to comply with the bye-law,
has failed to comply with the bye-law within the time so
specified.
4.—Every person who shall offend against the foregoing bye-law
numbered 3 (three) shall be liable for every such offence to a
penalty of five pounds, and in the case of a continuing offence
to a further penalty of forty shillings for each day after written
notice of the offence from the Council.
Provided, nevertheless, that the justices or court before whom
any complaint may be made or any proceedings may be taken
in respect of any such offence may, if they think fit, adjudge
the payment as a penalty of any sum less than the full amount
of the penalty imposed by this bye-law.
5.—From and after the date of the confirmation of these bye-laws
the bye-law as to the paving of yards and open spaces in connection
with dwelling-houses, numbered 10 (ten) in the series
of bye-laws approved and adopted by the Vestry of the Parish
of St. John, Hampstead, on 22nd June, 1893, and confirmed by
the Local Government Board on 17th August, 1893, under
section 16, sub-section 1, of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, shall be repealed.
These bye-laws are now being applied in certain parts of the
borough where they are needed, and have already been proved to be
of considerable value.
Turning now to another aspect of the infantile mortality
question, I am able to report that the system of health visiting,
official and voluntary, that I described in my last annual report,
continued to operate in 1907 with beneficial results. The number
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