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Fines were inflicted to the amount of £10 6s. in respect
of fifteen summonses for non-removal of manure, under the 53rd
section of the Sanitary Act, 1866. Nine of these summonses were
taken out by the two Street Inspectors who were appointed in
November last. A summons was taken out against a man in
Tobin Street, Notting Dale, for the keeping of swine on his
premises. The Justices inflicted a fine of 1s. with costs, and
granted a prohibition order.
Proceedings were instituted against a man living in Treadgold
Street, for offences under section 38 of the Sanitary Act,
1866, viz., for exposing his child in a public place while suffering
from an infectious disorder, scarlet fever, to wit, without proper
precautions against spreading the said disorder; and for transmitting
and exposing, without previous disinfection, bedding and
other household articles, which had been exposed to infection, in
the course of removal from one house to another. The man was
fined forty shillings and costs.
During the year, 6028 houses were inspected, and 2179
notices were issued, viz., under the Nuisances Removal and
Metropolis Local Management Acts 1653, and under the Lodginghouse
Regulations 526. The number of houses inspected in the
previous year was 5945, the notices issued being 2501.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSES (METROPOLIS) ACT, 1874.
Section 55 of the Metropolis Buildings Act, 1844, provided
for the abolition of slaughter-houses in London, in 1874. These
establishments were then numerous, and for the most part unsatisfactory
in nearly every respect. Few of them had been built for
the purpose—only one in Kensington out of 48. Parliament, upon
the report of a Select Committee of the House of Commons,
appointed, in 1873, to consider the subject of this and other
"noxious businesses," decided that, subject to proper regulations,
slaughter-houses might be allowed to remain, and so the abovenamed
Act was passed. In view of probable legislation, I had read