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Parish of Clapham.
repaired, 43 damp houses remedied, 29 walls, 59 floors
and 23 windows repaired, three basement and one other
room ventilated, 207 cases of water in the basement dealt
with, two underground rooms not complying with the law,
two closets and one privy abolished, two slop sinks, 12 new
sinks, 13 new lavatory basins and 8 new baths fixed, one
new urinal, 33 manure pits reconstructed or repaired,
two lots of land drained, 16 drinking-water supplies laid on
from the main, 49 sinks, 15 baths and lavatories repaired,
four refuse receptacles provided, two private roads repaired,
one pond cleansed, and also the following
complaints:—burning of animal matter, 10 cases of rats,
nine cases of animals kept so as to be a nuisance (two of
rabbits, three of fowls, three of pigeons, and one of cats.)
The drains of 126 houses and premises have been
reconstructed, 188 inspection chambers have been built,
and 246 new ventilating pipes have been fixed; and of
these 58 new drains, 89 inspection chambers, and 91
ventilating pipes were constructed without any notice
from the inspectors.
It has been my duty on numerous occasions to
report, that builders and others, have not complied with
Bye-law 14, Sect. 39 (1), Public Health (London) Act,
1891, which requires notice to be given before commencing
work on a water closet, &c., but as yet it has
not been thought well to take proceedings for penalties.
I think the time has come when severer measures should
be taken, as it is probable that there is work done of
which we know nothing, and which may be improperly
carried out,
Magisterial Seven summonses were issued in connection
Proceedings, with nuisances, and of these 5 were withdrawn
on payment of 2s. costs each, the necessary work having
been carried out, and in the other two cases the Magistrate
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