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not be remedied by the Borough Council under the powers of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, which alone enables
them to call for the abatement of nuisances dangerous or injurious
to health.
5. It is necessary to specially refer to Tranby Court. It
will be in the memory of the Committee that in 1905 I represented
this property under the Housing of the Working Classes
Acts, 1890-1903, as unfit for habitation, and on the instruction
of the Public Health Committee legal proceedings were taken
to close them; but the Magistrate, after hearing evidence on
behalf of the Borough Council, adjourned the summonses sine
die, to enable the defendants, who pleaded that they could effect
such improvements in the dwellings as would render them fit for
occupation, to submit to the Public Health Committee a specification
of their proposal. These proposals were accepted by the
Public Health Committee as likely to remove the insanitary conditions
complained of, and render the dwellings fit for occupation.
The works were completed and the cottages re-occupied
in the month of July, 1905. (A summary of the specifications
submitted by the owner of this property is given in my Annual
Report for 1905.)
I may add that after the inspections of the properties abovementioned
the Inspectors served notices on the persons responsible
to remedy the insanitary conditions found. These have
now almost all been remedied.
J. KING-WARRY, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.
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