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issue of the notices. Eventually the further hearing of the
summons was adjourned sine die.
Against the Westminster Electric Light Company, Millbank
street, four summonses were issued, with the result that the
Company were fined £40 and four guineas costs.
A large fan has now been erected in connection with the
chimney-shaft in order to create an increased draught, and
this has been the means of reducing the nuisance to a
minimum.
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Numerous intimations have been served, during the year
to the owners of various factories in the district with good
results.
Unsound food.
The following articles of food were condemned and destroyed
as being unfit for human consumption:—
105 stones of beef.
4 baskets of cherries.
100 oysters.
10 bushels of peas.
2 cases of haddocks.
1 box of plaice.
1 barrel of cod-fish.
9 bags of greens.
1 box of skate
1 box of mixed fish.
3 barrels of pine-apples
Water Supply to Newly-ebected Houses.
Under Section 48 of the Public Health London Act, 347
certificates have been granted to the owners of newly-erected
dwellings. Several certificates have also been refused, and
the premises are still unlet.
Houses Let in Lodgings.
Over one thousand houses are now on the register. In
several cases it has been found necessary to require the provision
of additional w.c. accommodation.