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for carrying out the Nuisances Removal Act, 1855, deservedly
attach great importance to the healthiness of
workshops, and have desired that such places be from
time to time examined. They are generally very squalid
and neglected, sometimes quite offensive.
Oxford Street, No. 256. This place was formerly a
livery stable; now, the passage leading from the street is,
or was, occupied by a shop for the sale of penny ices and
other cheap luxuries, whilst the premises behind were
converted partly into a trunk-maker's factory, and partly
into sleeping apartments. The place was brought under
the notice of the local authority, in consequence of the
owner of these premises complaining of offence from the
drains of his neighbour, a stationer. On inquiry, however,
the Inspector caused the tables to be turned,
inasmuch as the mischief arose from the dirty and illdrained
state of complainant's own premises. They
formed a most unwholesome factory ; but it would not be
easy to describe the filthiness of the sleeping apartments,
in which some of the cheap confectionery was manufactured.
Harrison's Yard, No. 1. This was an inhabited stable
with no water-closet accommodation. Hence, nuisances
were committed in the yard. Notice was served, and
some correspondence passed with Norris and Son, of No.
2, Bedford Row, attorneys for the owner, who denied
their liability to do the work, on the plea, that although
they had a lease of 41 years, they were not the real
owners. A summons was therefore taken out, which
came on for hearing at Marlborough Street on the 1st of
July, when the magistrate, Mr. Beadon, granted an order,
requiring proper water-closet accommodation to be provided,
according to sect, xiii, of the Nuisances Removal Act.