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Committee to serve the necessary notices, and take the
requisite steps to secure the repair of such drains, and in not
one single instance has it been necessary in order either to
secure the work being done, or to recover the cost, to issue a
summons.
Prosecution under Public Health and Food and
Drugs Acts.
6. The Committee have directed prosecutions in all other
cases of infringement of the provisions of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, and the Sale of Food and Drugs Act
where the Vestry's Officers have advised that prosecutions
were likely to be successful. Twelve only of the cases in
which prosecutions were instituted under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, are set out in Table X. of the Appendix
to the Medical Officer's Report, but during the year there has
been a total of 33 and in all of these cases either the Committee's
request was complied with or convictions obtained.
The Committee considered Certificates of Food analyses of
which there were six cases of adulteration and in each of these
the offenders were prosecuted and convicted.
Dust Collection.
7. Into the few complaints of neglect or non-compliance
with the terms of Contract for Dust Collection, enquiry has
been made by the Committee, and the Contractor called upon
for an explanation. For better facilitating the work, the hours
of collection were altered, to commence at 7 a.m. instead ef 6
a.m., and to cease at 6 p.m. instead of 5 p.m., during the
summer months. The necessary public announcement has
been made under the London County Council's Bye-laws for
a daily collection in High Street and Plumstead Road,