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The petition was as follows :—
" We, the undersigned, being 10 inhabitants of the
" Borough, do hereby, in pursuance of the provisions in that
" behalf of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, that a certain
" manufactory, building or premises used for a trade, business
" process or manufacture causing effluvia, at the gasworks
" situate at Lower Sydenham, the trade within is carried on
" by South Suburban Gas Company is a nuisance.
" W. M., Dacres Road
" P. K., Dacres Road
" G. R. R., Silverdale
" G. J. F., Dacres Road
44 J. H. S. Mayow Road
" J. R. F., Mayow Road.''
W. I. C., De Frene Road
T. F. A., Dacres Road
C. N., Dacres Road
O. R., Dacres Road
S. T. A., Dacres Road
The petition was in conformity with Section 21 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, consequently your Council
were bound to take proceedings before the magistrate.
The case was partly heard on the 18th and 26th July
and then adjourned. The further hearing was on the 18th and
20th of January, 1908.
The magistrate in giving his decision said he had come to
the conclusion that the nuisance was a greater one than was
admitted by the defendants, and that the Borough Council were
bound to take proceedings. On the other hand he was of opinion
that the defendants had made out their case, and they had used
the best practicable means to prevent the nuisance. He
therefore dismissed the summons.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP
ACT, 1901.
Workshops :—There are in the borough 572 workshops,
containing 931 workrooms to which provisions of the Factory
and Workshop Act apply. The number of workers found on