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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
During the year 756 notices have been served by the District Inspectors
at the order of the Sanitary Committee, and in five cases only was it found *
necessary, in consequence of non-compliance therewith, to refer the matter to
the City Solicitor with a view to such steps being taken as he deemed necessary
to ensure the required sanitary improvements being effected.
The following are the cases referred to:—
1. 19, Fore Street - Defective connection to sewer - Works carried out by
Corporation.
2. 1 to 6, Bridgewater Insufficient W.C. accommo- In Solicitor's hands.
Place. dation,
3. 120, Cheapside - Defective W.C. - Works completed,
4. 3 and 5, Whitecross Insufficient W.C. accommo- Do,
Street. dation.
5. 8 and 9, Hosier Lane Defective drain - Do.
REMOVAL OF HUMAN REMAINS—BY WARD STREET.
During the year only one case has arisen of the disturbance of human
remains in the City. A quantity of bones were discovered by the workmen
engaged in excavation in connection with the construction of an underground
convenience in Byward Street.
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The spot where these were found was doubtless a portion of the churchyard
which, in former days, surrounded the adjoining church of Allhallows Barking.
The usual application was made to the Home Secretary for a licence
authorising the removal and re-interment of the remains at the City of
London Cemetery at Ilford. A licence, dated the 24th August, was issued in
due course, subject to the following conditions:—
(i.) That the removal be effected with due care and attention to
decency early in the morning.
(ii.) That the remains be forthwith re-interred in the City of London
Cemetery at Ilford.
(iii.) That the removal be effected under the supervision of the Medical
Officer of Health for the City of London.