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Public Health Act.
Prosecution.
At the Thames Police Court, on the 20th of February, the
owner of 79, Stebondale Street, Cubitt Town, appeared in answer
to a summons issued for wilfully acting contrary to a Magistrate's
Order, made on the 18th January, 1901, closing the said premises
as unfit for human habitation.
On the 9th February, I noticed a bill in the window advertising
the house to let. I at once wrote to the owner informing him
of the Magistrate's Closing Order, and warned him against
letting the premises until they had been put into habitable repair,
and the Order had been rescinded by the Court Notwithstanding
this intimation, the house was occupied, and from the 14th to
the 23rd February was without a water supply, and various other
insanitary conditions existed on the premises.
At the Police Court, Mr. Dickinson, the presiding Magistrate,
after hearing evidence on both sides, ordered the defendant to pay
£24 and 23s. costs. The premises having been put into habitable
condition to your satisfaction, on the 27th March, in response
to a summons, I attended at the Court, and the Magistrate being
satisfied the premises had been made habitable, rescinded the
Order.
Bakehouses, etc.
Detailed statements of the condition of the three underground
bakehouses in this division, together with sketches in plan and
section, had been submitted to you.
In response to your notices and specifications of works required,
and improvements necessary, to comply with the new Act relating
to bakehouses, extensive alterations and improvements have been
made in the lighting, ventilation, and sanitary conditions generally
of the underground bakehouses.