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The summary of the sanitary work given above includes that done in connection
with the drains and water closets of new buildings and also the work done in pursuance of
the Factory and Workshop Act 1901.
In most instances the preliminary notices setting forth the insanitary conditions
to be dealt with which were served upon the parties responsible by the Sanitary
Inspectors were complied with. In 202 cases, however, it was necessary to report the
circumstances specially to the Health Committee, and in these cases statutory notices
under the Public Health (Lond.) Act 1891 were served by the Sanitary Authority with
a view to enforcing the abatement of nuisances. For non-compliance with the requirements
of the Sanitary Authority or for infringements of bylaws and regulations
made under the Act in three instances only were police-court proceedings necessary.
The results are briefly set out below:—
The owner of Nos. 51 and 53, Moye Street, was summoned for non-compliance with
statutory notices in respect to the dirty and dilapidated condition of the houses. The
Magistrate made orders for the work to be done in fourteen days with £1 3s. Od. costs in
one instance, and 3s. in the other.
A builder was summoned for contravening the bylaws of the London County Council
by connecting the wastepipe from a sink with a soil pipe at No. 10, Motley Street. The
work having been altered to comply with the bylaws the summons was withdrawn on payment
of 2s. costs.
A milk vendor at No. 7, Coronet Street after being warned to comply with the
regulations as tO registration neglected to do so until after he had been summoned.
. He was ordered to pay £1 3s. Od. costs by the Magistrate.
A case of keeping swine in contravention of the Public Health Act came under
notice in the early part of the year. It was the first instance of the kind for many years.
A pig was found to be kept on premises used as stables in Eagle Wharf Road. Section
17 of the Public Health (Lond.) Act, 1891, provides that a person shall not feed or keep
any swine in any locality, premises or place which is unfit for the keeping of swine, or
in which the feeding or keeping of swine may create a nuisance or be injurious to health.
The same section provides that any premises within forty yards of any street or public
place shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to be a place unfit for keeping
swine. If any person contravenes this Section he becomes liable to a penalty of forty
shillings and to forfeit the swine and to a further fine, not exceeding ten shillings, for
every day during which he continues such offence after notice from the Sanitary Authority
to discontinue the same. In the particular instance referred to the place where the
pig was kept was within forty yards of the street. The occupier of the premises to whom
the pig belonged was accordingly communicated with and an intimation of the offence
against the provisions of the Section was given him, and he at once disposed of the
pig. It appears that the pig had been sent up from the couniry about a week before
as a present and was being kept for killing.