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The Inspector was commended for the courageous manner
in which he effected the seizure.
Urinal Accommo-dation at Licensed Premises. The Sanitary Committee on the 4th February
caused communications to be addressed to the
proprietors of certain public houses in the parish
requiring them to provide proper urinal accommodation upon
their respective premises for the use of their customers. A
further communication was addressed to the defaulters on the
19th February, informing them that unless the necessary
accommodation was provided by the 28th February the Vestry
would consider as to making a representation to the Licensing
Justices upon the application for a renewal of the licenses.
The Vestry, at a meeting held on the 26th February,
considered a full report of the Sanitary Committee upon the
subject, and it was resolved that the Inspector of Nuisances
should attend before the Justices and point out the requirements
of the Vestry in the matter.
Accordingly at the adjourned Sessions, held on the 31st
March, the Inspector attended on behalf of the Vestry with
regard to the following cases:—The Old House, Plough Road,
the Rose and Crown, Culvert Road, the Victoria Tavern,
Bridge Road, the Royal Oak, Patmore Street, and the Princes'
Head, York Road.
Considerable opposition was manifested by counsel on
behalf of the publicans to the course adopted by the Vestry, but
the Bench expressed their entire concurrence with the action
the Vestry had taken, and considered that the alterations or
additions required by the Vestry at the several premises were
reasonable and absolutely necessary, and stated that had the
Vestry thought it desirable to oppose the renewal of the
licenses and given statutory notice to that effect, they would
have refused to renew the licenses until the requirements of the
Vestry had been satisfactorily complied with.
The Bench under the circumstances advised the proprietors
to carry out the wishes of the Vestry forthwith, and intimated