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Any person offending against the foregoing Bye-law
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.
During the year under review seven summonses were
taken, when fines of 10s. were imposed in four cases. £1
in one case, £2 in one case, and one case being dismissed
on payment of 2s. costs.
Sanitary Inspection of the Area.—During the year
43,634 inspections were made by the Sanitary Inspectors.
Fifty-seven notices have been served during the year
regarding overcrowded conditions. These are found
in the course of inspection, but it is difficult to take
effective action owing to the shortage of accommodation
The Housing schemes of the London County Council and
Borough Council have provided many houses, but over—
crowded conditions still exist.