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constructed of zinc, instead of lead or iron, and made to discharge
into a gutter, and then into a newly fixed rain-water pipe; and
(5) the drain pipes had been laid without a bed of concrete and
otherwise improperly.
The Magistrate inflicted penalties of £1 and 5s. respectively
with 2s. costs in each case.
(2) A builder carried out sanitary work at houses in Wake
Street without giving previous notice of his intention to do so to
the Sanitary Authority, whilst the ventilating pipe of the soil
pipe had been reconstructed in light instead of heavy iron. The
owner of the premises apologised, and stated that the builder
had acted in ignorauce or carelessness. The work was re-done
in such a way as to comply with the byelaws. No summons
was taken out.
(3) A builder fixed a new sink at a house in Albert Square,
without giving previous notice to the Sanitary Authority.
Further, the work, on inspection, was found to have been carried
out in such a way as to be a nuisance and dangerous to health,
in that the waste pipe had been taken into a disused cistern in
the roof of the second floor w.c. (immediately under the landing),
and thence, by an upright waste pipe, into a rain water pipe.
In this way, there was an accumulation of waste matter from the
sink, which gave off offensive smells from time to time, the
cistern being practically converted into a cesspool. There is a
penalty clause (section 42) in the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, in connection with carrying out work so as to be a nuisance,
or injurious, or dangerous to health, but such clause restricts
action being taken only in the cases of water closets and drains.
Under the byelaws of the London County Council, this waste
pipe should have been made to discharge into the open air over,
or into, a properly trapped gully. Having regard to the seriousness
of the offence, a letter was written to the builder, pointing
out to him the seriousness of his action, and cautioning him