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Two summonses were taken against the owner of No. 17, Dereham Place,
one for not providing a proper dust receptacle, and the other for not complying
with a statutory notice requiring the abatement of a nuisance due to the dirty
condition of the premises. The notices being complied with before the cases came
into Court the summonses were withdrawn.
The summons as regards No. 85, Kingsland Road, was for non-compliance
with a statutory notice requiring the abatement of a nuisance due to the defective
condition of the roof of a workshop in rear. The necessary work having been completed
before the case came on for hearing the summons was withdrawn.
The summons in respect to No. 129, New North Road, was for non-compliance
with a statutory notice requiring the owner to reconstruct a defective drain, which
was in such a state as to be a nuisance. The defence was that the drain receiving
the drainage of No. 131, next door, was a combined drain, and there being no
record of its construction with the sanction of the proper authority was therefore
a sewer, and as such was repairable by the Borough Council. In 1904 application
was made to the Borough Council for permission to reconstruct the drain of No. 131
by the owner of that house (not the owner of No. 129), the drain from 131 joining
that of No. 129. The application was granted, and the combination of the drainage
of the two houses was at that date approved by the Borough Council. The
Magistrate held that there being no evidence that the combination of the drains
which existed prior to 1904 had been sanctioned by the proper authority, the
combined drain remained a sewer vested in the Borough Council and dismissed
the summons accordingly.
The summons in respect to No. 98, Shepherdess Walk, was taken against a builder
for failing to comply with the requirements of the London County Council by-laws
as to the construction of water-closets. He neglected to give the prescribed notice
to the Sanitary Authority of his intention to construct one at that address.
The proceedings in respect to the premises at Wellington Place were taken
against the owner for not complying with the requirements of statutory notices
as to the abatement of nuisances due to defective water-closets and defective roofs,
the premises also being generally dirty and dilapidated.
With respect to No. 5, Windsor Terrace, proceedings were taken against the
person who was responsible for a breach of the London County Council by-laws
through causing a rainwater pipe to be constructed as to receive the discharge
from a sink waste pipe.
The proceedings in respect of No. 85, Wilmer Gardens were for non-compliance
with a statutory notice requiring the abatement of a nuisance due to the watercloset
being obstructed and otherwise defective. The work having been carried out
for the abatement of the nuisance before the case came on for hearing, the summons
was withdrawn.