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Shoreditch 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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insanitary conditions that all or part of such yard or open space shall be paved,
forthwith cause the same to be properly paved with a hard, durable, and impervious
pavement, evenly and closely laid upon a sufficient bed of good concrete, and so sloped
to a properly constructed channel as effectually to carry off all rain or waste water
therefrom, and he shall cause such pavement to be kept in proper repair.
11. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing bye-laws shall
be liable for every such oflence to a penalty of five pounds, and in the case of a
continuing offence to a further penalty of forty shillings for each day after written
notice of the offence from the Sanitary Authority.
Provided, nevertheless, that the justices or court before whom any complaint may
be made or any proceedings may be taken in respect of any such offence may, if they
think fit, adjudge the payment as a penalty of any sum less than the fall amount of
the penalty imposed by this bye-law.
In pursuance of a resolution passed by the Sanitary Authority at their Meeting
on the Seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, the
Common Seal of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, was
hereunto affixed this Seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five.
Penalties.
In the presence of
H. MANSFIELD EOBINSON,
Solicitor and Vestry Clerk.
Allowed by the Local Government Board, this Nineteenth day of June, 1895.
Hugh Owen,
Secretary.
G. SHAW LEFEVEE,
President.