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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
(a) Public Health Acts, 1936.
Four summonses were issued in connection with abatement
notices which had not been complied with, but in each case the
nuisance was abated before the hearing took place and the summonses
were withdrawn on payment of costs.
The owner of a dwelling house successfully appealed against a
notice requiring him to supply a new dustbin ; a new bin was
eventually supplied by the occupier.
(b) Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
Summonses against a butcher in connection with the alleged
sale of horseflesh were dismissed on a technicality concerning the
lack of proper authority to commence proceedings.
(c) Factories Act, 1937.
The occupiers of a factory were fined £5 and ordered to pay
£3 3s. Od. costs for failing to provide suitable and sufficient sanitary
accommodation.
(d) Middlesex County Council Acts, 1944 and 1950.
A gypsy was fined £1 on each of two summonses for placing a
caravan on land without the previous consent of the Council.
Five caravan dwellers were fined 10s. each and the occupier
of the site £5 and £1 Is. Od. costs for placing and keeping caravans
on land and permitting land to be used by caravans, respectively,
without the previous consent of the Council.
Summonses were taken out against three caravan dwellers on
another site ; one was dismissed and the other two were fined £1
each and ordered to pay 30s. each costs.
MOVEABLE DWELLINGS
The number of caravans used as semi-permanent homes on
unauthorised sites has continued to grow. The influx of workers to
the nearby London Airport has, no doubt, been largely responsible.
Legal proceedings have been taken, but have, inevitably, failed to
provide a solution.
Recognising that caravans are likely to be used as semipermanent
dwellings for some time to come, the Council have
decided to establish a site capable of accommodating approximately
125 caravans, with a high standard of sanitary and other amenities.
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