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Inspector summoned to rescind Closing OrdEr.
I was summoned to attend the Thames Police Court on the 12th
August, to show cause why the owner of the premises 183, Manchester
Road, should not be released from the Magistrates order
dated the 31st May, closing the house as unfit for human habitation.
Before attending the court it was found that several necessary
works were outstanding and nuisances unabated, I therefore attended
the court and opposed the application, in consequence of which the
matter was adjourned for a week by the Magistrate in order that the
defects which were indicated might be remedied. At the date of the
adjourned hearing this had been done, and the premises had been
in your opinion rendered fit for human habitation.
I attended at the court and the order was rescinded unopposed.
Defective Drain Work.
In October last it came to my knowledge that certain drain
repairs had been executed at the premises 331, West Ferry Road,
and the ground filled in without any notice to the Board, or opportunity
being afforded for inspection. By your direction, and with
the Sanitary Committee's authority, the premises were entered, the
ground was opened and the drain was exposed. It was then found
that the work had been so badly executed as to be a nuisance and
dangerous to health ; proceedings were therefore authorised by the
Board to be taken against the person liable. I at once interviewed
the owner, who stated he had not visited the premises for a month
and had not seen the repairs in question. A builder at Forest Gate
who employed the workmen who did the work, denied having given
•the man any instruction to repair the drain. He stated, however,
that the rent collector might have done so.
I next interviewed the rent collector who stated that he had