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Fixing or W.C. Pans and Traps without Notice.
Where w.c. pans and traps are fixed without notice being given under
Clause 14 of the London County Council bye-laws, Section 39 (1) of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the builders are written to asking
them to open the ground, otherwise legal proceedings will be instituted
against them for infringing the bye-law. This mode of procedure
prevents good work being constructed on to defective work. Whenever
drainage work is found to have been executed and covered up without
inspection, if the builder will not open the ground, the work is exposed
by the Sanitary Authority, and such a line of action ensures sound work.
Overcrowding.
A certificate was given under Section 4 (3) (c) of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, respecting one case of overcrowding, and the
Committee directed that the necessary notice should be served ; 63
cases of overcrowding were abated. Two cases of overcrowding were
found in workshops (see Miss Tattersall's report, page 177); 127 cases
of overcrowding were also abated in connection with houses let in
lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one family (see Mr.
Tibbatts's report, page 179). Legal proceedings were instituted in
one instance.
General.
7,226 communications were received, and 733 complaints (including
17 smoke) as to nuisances were made. 4,391 communications were
despatched.