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Legal Proceedings.
During the year, legal proceedings were taken by the Council in
66 cases, for the enforcement of various Acts, by-laws, regulations,
etc., administered by the Health Department. A summary is set out
below, and further details will be found in the sections dealing with
the respective matters at the pages stated.
Public Health (London) Act, 1936
Food and Drugs Act, 1955
By-laws as to Tents, Vans and Sheds, etc
Cases
64
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66
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Fines totalling £3 0s. 0d. were imposed in connection with these
Proceedings, and £13 13s. 0d. costs were awarded to the Council.
Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
The provisions of this Act in regard to Nuisances continued to
afford the main means whereby the remedy of insanitary conditions
found in dwelling houses could be secured.
During the year, 1,607 Intimation Notices (relating to 1,290
Premises) and 698 Statutory (Nuisance) Notices (relating to 538
Premises) were served. It was found necessary to refer 97 cases to the
council's Solicitor with instructions to take steps, by legal proceedings
if necessary, to enforce compliance with Statutory Notices. In 33 of
these cases a warning letter from the Solicitor had the desired effect.
In the remaining 64 cases, however, summonses had to be issued. As a
result, Nuisance Orders were made by the Court in 17 instances. The
remaining 47 summonses were ultimately withdrawn, the Notices having
been complied with subsequent to the issue of the summonses.
In 15 cases action to enforce compliance with Nuisance Orders
had to be taken, and the Council carried out the work in default of the
Persons on whom the Orders were made. In those cases, the Council
ere entitled to recover the cost of the works from those persons, and
accounts were accordingly rendered to them.
During the year defective conditions in 1,217 houses were
emedied—631 by owners following the service of Intimation Notices;
571 by owners following the service of Statutory Notices, and the
ouncil's workmen entered and did the work in default of the owners
on 15 occasions.
Dustbins.
Procedure with regard to the service of notices requiring the
Vision of dustbins has been simplified with the passing of the
Lodon County Council (General Powers) Act, 1954. The notice is
served upon the owner, and he has a right of appeal to the Court,
information as to these rights is always included when notice is served.
During the year, 105 dustbins were provided, 24 of these being
supplied by the Council in default of the owners, from whom the cost
was afterwards recovered.