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reasonable opportunity of submitting any representations they
may wish to make thereon.
The Committee expressed regret that the local authorities
were not consulted during the time the Council were in
correspondence with the Local Government Board, so
that the then intimation that any material alterations
would be deferred, might have been avoided. The
Committee did not find, from the surveyor's report,
that any important departure from the present practice
was provided for by the bye-laws, and did not, therefore,
offer any comment thereon.
Later on a letter, dated February 23rd, 1897, was received
from the Vestry of St. Mary, Islington, enclosing a copy of
their suggestions upon the drainage bye-laws proposed to be
made by the London County Council under section 202 of the
Metropolis Local Management Act of 1855, and expressing the
hope that this Vestry would see their way to submit similar
observations; also a letter from the Incorporated Association
of Municipal and County Engineers, dated 25th February,
forwarding a copy of suggested amendments, alterations and
additions.
Understanding that the latter had been prepared by the
surveyors to the several metropolitan sanitary authorities, and
that the adoption of the same would secure uniformity of
practice,
The Committee ordered that such amendments be sent to
the County Council as the proposals of the Vestry.
Noxious Fumes and Black Smoke.
43 observations were made in respect of black smoke issuing
from various shafts in St. Margaret's Parish—but no summonses
were required to abate the same—the effect of the
service of notices being to keep the offenders careful for a time.
A large number of the observations were upon the Army and
Navy Stores premises, and eight other places, including the
Queen Anne's Mansions.
Vacant Plots of Land.
These exist in the following places, owing to the houses
having been voluntarily closed or pulled down: —
Corner of Moreton-street and Garden-street.
Chapter-street, corner of Frederick-street.
Regent-gardens.
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