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COMBINED DRAINAGE.
It was found necessary to serve notices under the
Metropolis Management Acts upon the respective owners in
order to obtain the necessary alteration and amendment of the
followingcombined drains :—
Algernon Road, 177 to 191.
„ „ 193 to 199.
,, „ 201 to 207.
Albion Road, 14 to 18.
Belle Yue Mansions, 1 to 20.
Blythe Vale, 48 to 54.
Clyde Place, 1 to 7.
Devonshire Road, 12 & 14.
Doggett Road, 2 to 16.
Elsinore Road, 23 to 27.
Faversham Road, 2 to 12.
Ketnble Road, 18 to 24.
LowerWinchester Road, 9-17.
Thurston Road, 57 to 66.
SMOKE NUISANCES.
The Inspector entrusted with this duty made 182 investigations,
compared with 176 during 1907. The observations
were made in respect of laundries 45, breweries 30, silk mills
11, jam works 31, flour mills 4, railway engines 16, sawmills
and joiners' shops 16, and miscellaneous 29.
Twelve intimation and one statutory notices were served
upon the occupiers for the abatement of the nuisances reported.
The service of notices, together with the calls of the Inspector,
produced the necessary abatement, no legal proceedings being
necessary.
CORONERS COURT AND MORTUARY.
One hundred and thirty bodies were removed to the
public Mortuary, 11 of which were from outside districts and 16
from the Lewisham Union Infirmary. Inquests were held in 126
cases, and post-mortem examinations carried out in 85 instances.
The portion of the Mortuary specially allocated for
infectious disease was made use of for the bodies of three
persons.