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By.laws of London County Counc1l made under Publ1c Health
(London) Act, 1891, Sect1on 16 (2). Removal of Offens1ve Refuse.
F1ne. Costs.
Sussex Place Remov1ng offens1ve matter 1n 1mproper 1 10 0 0 4 0
receptacles dur1ng proh1b1ted hours.
H1gh Street, Remov1ng offens1ve matter, and fa1l1ng 2 2 6 0 4 0
St. John.s Wood to make proper prov1s1on for the
prevent1on of nu1sance therefrom.
Oxford Street Remov1ng offens1ve matter 1n 1mproper 3 0 0 1 1 0
receptacles dur1ng proh1b1ted hours.
James Street Remov1ng offens1ve matter 1n 1mproper 0 5 0 0 2 0
receptacles dur1ng proh1b1ted hours.
DRA1N PLANS AND DRA1NAGE.
Dur1ng the year no change was made e1ther 1n the d1str1cts or the work of the two
dra1nage 1nspectors, Gorn1ot and J. C. W1lson, the former rema1n1ng 1n the d1str1ct
north of Marylebone Road and the latter 1n that to the south.
The total number of 1nspect1ons made was 7,819 as aga1nst 8,323 for 1910 and
6,850 for 1909. The number of plans relat1ng to dra1nage of new bu1ld1ngs was
36 (north 9, south 27).
1n the case of old bu1ld1ngs, the number of plans rece1ved was 507 (north 205,
south 302).
The total number of plans depos1ted dur1ng the year was 543 as aga1nst 622
1n 1910.
The by.law set out below was made by the London County Counc1l on account of
a dec1s1on g1ven 1n a case 1n wh1ch a bu1lder was summoned for a fa1lure to comply
w1th a by.law of the London County Counc1l call1ng for the depos1t of " plans, sect1ons
and part1culars " of work to be carr1ed out 1n connect1on w1th the construct1on of a
dra1nage system, by " every person xvho 1s about to construct the p1pes, dra1ns, or
other means of commun1cat1ng w1th a sewer, or the traps and apparatus connected
therew1th."
Accord1ng to the usual read1ng of th1s by.law the person regarded " as about to
construct, etc.," was the bu1lder, but the v1ew of the mag1strate when the case came
before h1m was that the person who 1nstructed the bu1lder—usually the owner of the
prem1ses—was the person 1nd1cated.
That 1t was unfa1r to throw the respons1b1l1ty on th1s person, who usually was
qu1te 1gnorant of the requ1rement, whereas bu1lders generally were qu1te cogn1sant of
1t was man1fest, and the London County Counc1l took an early opportun1ty of mak1ng
1t clear that they never had any 1ntent1on of mak1ng anyone but the bu1lder respons1ble.
As 1t may be useful to have a record of the mak1ng of the by.law the full text 1s
g1ven below:—