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Magistrate. A summons was subsequently taken out,
and Mr. Benison fined £20. The Magistrate remarking
that he had never heard a worse case.
The pigs have not been allowed to rest, official
inspections having taken place. Amongst them were
Messrs. Middleton, Biddlecombe and others, piggeries in
Chatham Road, where a Magistrate's order was obtained
and the pigs either removed or the sties paved and
properly drained ; complaints were also made of a nuisance
arising from pigs kept by Mr. Rough, Wandsworth
Common, and a memorial signed by about 20 inhabitants
of the immediate neighbourhood to the effect that there
was no nuisance. The pigs were however eventually
removed; in many other instances pigs have been entirely
done away with. Nos. 6 & 9, Latchmere Grove, and
No. 2, Wayland Road being amongst the worst cases.
The only case of overcrowding brought to notice in
this district occurred at No. 16, Surrey Lane South,
where a family consisting of 2 adults and 7 children
occupied one room, the children's ages being from 17 years
downwards ; a short notice was served, and the family left
the parish.
An interesting example of how people are disposed
to look from home instead of at home for cause and effect
occurred at Holme House, Spencer Park, where a child
11 years of age died of Diphtheria; an offensive smell had
been noticed in the house for some time, and Mr. Stenning,
the occupier, complained that the smell came from an
empty house near there. A careful inspection was made
of the house complained of, but could detect nothing;
an inspection of the drains, water supply, &c., of Holme
House was also made, and everything was found in
good sanitary condition, but on going into the garden
and directly under the window from which the smell