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52 cases, 50 being in respect of registered houses and 2 non-registered.
There have been no cancellations of registration by the County Court.
One certificate was issued under the provisions of the Acts as to the
state of repair of a house.
Nuisances.—Intimation notices were served in 2,060 instances, the
number of premises concerned being 2,012. Statutory notices authorised
by the sanitary authority numbered 66 and related to 64 premises. Police
court proceedings as detailed below were taken in 3 instances in order to
enforce compliance with the requirements of statutory notices:—
Details of Nuisance, etc. Result of Proceedings.
(1) Business premises without water supply Abatement order, 3s. costs.
(2) Defective and dirty conditions in a tene- Withdrawn on payment of 10s. 6d.
ment house costs.
(3) Insufficient and unsuitable water-closet Fine £2.
accommodation in business premises.
The following are the comparative figures since 1930:—

Water Supply.— The Metropolitan Water Board sent 27 notices
of withdrawal of water supply to premises. In each case the reason for
the action of the Board was failure to pay the water rate. Some of these
cases arise because of the high rateable values in the City. Take the case
say, of a small antique shop in a select district. If the rateable value
be £400 the water rate is about £18 annually. Probably an average
consumption of water in these premises does not exceed 2 gallons per
day, then the water must cost about 6d. per gallon. It is not to be
wondered at that the shopkeeper regards this as an expensive luxury.
There was one prosecution in respect of failure to restore water supply
following the service of a statutory notice. The defendant was ordered
to abate the nuisance and to pay costs.
Water Supply in Tenement Houses.—Power to effect this provision is
given under Section 48 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and