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by whose act in the making of the drain, by whose default in not providing a
proper outlet, and by whose sufferance in allowing the houses in Lupton
Street to be drained into it, the nuisance had been created and continued.
The case was proved, and the Defendant was ordered " to abate the nuisance,
and to do all such acts and things as were necessary for that purpose.'" Having
failed to comply with the Magistrate's order, the Defendant was summoned
for disobedience and fined £3 with £2 2s. costs, and the payment of these
sums was enforced ; but having been summoned a second time, penalties
amounting to £5 were imposed, with £2 2s. costs, and against this conviction
the Defendant appealed to Quarter Ssssions, the appeal causing a further delay
of three months. A conditional order having, however, been made by the
Court, the Defendant at once carried out the necessary work, and paid a
contribution of £30 to the constructors of the sewer in Southcote Road, that
sum having been fixed by the Metropolitan Board of Works as the amount to
be paid by the Saint Pancras Vestry to the Vestry of Islington; the necessary
connection between the Lupton Street sewer (in Saint Pancras) and the
Southcote Road sewer (in Islington), having been made the subject of an
administrative order by the Metropolitan Board of Works, upon the application
of the Yestry of Islington.
The final settlement on this appeal, and the question of costs still remain
in abeyance, and will do so until the October Quarter Sessions.
THE DWELLINGS OF THE POOR.
Of late the subject of the Dwellings of the Poor has excited considerable
attention, a great deal having been written both of a praiseworthv as well as of
a sensational and impracticable character. It has, however, resulted in the
appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the Housing of the
Working Classes, and the first Report of the Commissioners is now before the
public.
I do not intend to discuss in detail this Report of the Commission, it
having been already considered by a Committee and reported upon to the
Vestry.
I may, however, remark that the Report contains much that is both
fallacious and misleading. This is scarcely to be wondered at, considering