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Amalgamation of St. Mary and the Rectory Districts.
The Registrar-General has combined for registration
purposes the districts of St. Mary and the Rectory. These
two districts will henceforth be known as the district of St.
Mary. Doubtless there is good reason for the change, but
it is obvious that it would have been more convenient if the
alteration was to take effect on the 1st of January, 1906,
rather than the end of November, 1905. The writer
proposes still to allocate the statistics of this district as
• before until 1906.
Iron Drainage versus Glazed Earthenware.
The vibration from heavy motor traffic and from underground
railways is affecting this district, and indeed, the
whole metropolis, more or less seriously along the main
channels of traffic. There have recently been instances of
absolutely new drainage becoming defective from fracture
of the pipes, and in the writer's opinion, in certain situations
in which vibration is to be expected the only safe way
will be the construction of iron instead of earthenware
drainage. Drainage is a costly matter and when once put
down should not require renewal for at least a quarter of a
century.
Prosecutions under the Public Health London Act.
The owner of 30, Union Street, was summoned for
disobeying a notice to' renew a defective soil pipe. The
Magistrate granted an order for the work to be done within
14 days.
The owner of 241, Marylebone Road, was summoned
for not constructing, according to notice, a new drain
through the premises, and the summons was adjourned.
The owner of 10, Gresse Street, was summoned for
letting a kitchen illegally, and the summons was adjourned
on a promise that it would be vacated at a particular date.
The owner of 43, Upper Rathbone Place, was summoned
for re letting, after notice, a kitchen illegally, and
fined 5s. with 9s. 6d. costs.