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made and 38 were granted, one being refused upon the ground that no
Cows had been kept for several years.
78 Slaughter-houses and 38 Cow-houses were therefore licensed.
My annual inspection of these places, prior to the licensing, proved
them to be in a satisfactory condition.
SUMMONSES.
During the year ending 25th March, 1886, seven summonses were
i ssued by direction of the Sanitary Committee.
One was for the recovery of the cost of disinfection incurred by
the Vestry in default of the Owner complying with the usual notice,
and an order being made by the Magistrate, the amount (17s. Gd.) was
paid, with costs.
Two summonses were issued against persons for keeping animals
so as to be a nuisance, and the Magistrate made an order for abatement
in each case. One of these two defendants was also summoned for
obstructing the Inspector in the performance of his duty, and he was
bound over to keep the peace for six months.
Two other summonses were taken out on account of defective
drainage, and in one case the work was carried out whilst the
summons stood adjourned. In the second case the summons was
heard, and an order made by the Magistrate for the necessary
works to be carried out within seven days, and for the payment of 10s.
costs. The Defendant, however, having failed to complete the
work satisfactorily, he was again summoned for non-compliance, when
having promised to finish the work, the Magistrate allowed the
summons to stand adjourned for a fortnight, before the expiration of
which the works were properly completed and the costs paid.
The appeal of the Saint Pancras builder against a conviction
which imposed upon him penalties amounting to £0, and £2 2s. costs
for disobedience to a Magistrate's order, made during the previous
year, to abate a nuisance arising from the overflow of sewage in the
Brecknock Road (the history of which was given fully in my last