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On November 9th. The owner of the Paragon Music Hall, Mile End Road,
was summoned for failing to comply with the notice of the Council, i.e., to remedy
the defective condition of the drains and soil pipes.
The Magistrate granted the order for the work to be completed within two
months with 27s. costs.
On December 16th. Messrs. Frost Bros., Ltd., of 342, Commercial Road, were
summoned for emitting black smoke from their chimney shaft.
They were fined £2 with 23s. costs.
On December 28th. Mr. Brutton, of 26, St. Dunstan's Hill, was summoned for
failing to abate a nuisance arising from the defective drainage beneath 123, 124,
125, St. George Street.
An order was made to abate the nui-ance within seven days with 27s. costs.
At the Public Health Committee Meeting in December a petition was read
which had been signed by 10 inhabitants of the Borough that the effluvia from
10, Leman Street—a fried fish shop—was a nuisance and injurious to health. The
petitioners requested the Borough Council to take action under Section 21 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Although admitting that there was a certain smell emanating from the
premises in question, I reported to the Committee that I considered the owner had
taken all practicable and available means possible to abate the nuisance consistent
with the structure of the premises.
Under Section 21, the Council have no option but must take the proceedings
requested in the petition.
The Committee resolved that proceedings should be taken and that I should
write to all the petitioners to give evidence to support the summons.
Three of the petitioners called at Mr. Young's office and made statements.
Several of the others, I was informed, had signed the petition under a misapprehension
and were afterwards subpoenaed by the defendant to give evidence on his
behalf.
On Friday, December 30th, the summons was to be heard at the Thames
Police Court, but the petitioners who had given their evidence to Mr. Young,
informed him that they wished to withdraw as they were satisfied that the best
available means had been taken to obviate all effluvia arising out of the process of
fish frying.
The summons was accordingly withdrawn.