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On Sunday, the 30th May, various parts of the district were flooded
after the severe storm on that date, a thunderstorm with heavy rain,
which occurred at 7 p.m. During the day 0.53 inches of rain fell. The
Sanitary Committee, which met on the 1st July, referred the various
claimants for compensation to the London County Council, and at
the same committee meeting it was recommended that the Council
be urged to take immediate steps to cleanse their sewer in High
Street, Poplar.
Certificates were given under section 4(3) (c) of the Public Health
(Lond.) Act, 1891, respecting two cases of overcrowding in Poplar
and the Committee directed that the necessary notices should be
served. Thirty-four cases of overcrowding, 13 in Poplar, 21 in
Bromley, were abated upon service of Intimations.
Under Section 48 of the Public Health (London) Act, certificates
were authorised to be signed that there were proper and sufficient
water supplies at the third block of dwellings, Nos. 17 to 24, Prestage
Buildings, No. 2, Vesey Street, and the fourth block of dwellings,
Nos. 25 to 32, Prestage Buildings.
Strict attention was paid to the following bye law of the London
County Council, made under Section 39 (1) of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891:—
"14. Every person who shall intend to construct any watercloset,
earth-closet or privy, or to fit or fix in or in connection
with any water-closet, earth-closet or privy, any apparatus or any
trap or soil pipe, shall, before executing any such works, give
notice in writing to the Clerk of the Sanitary Authority."