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Coal Yard and Goldsmith's Alley Improvement.
The Board have proceeded with this Improvement (having for its
object the conversion of the alley, in parts only 2 ft. 9 in. wide, into
a street 20 feet wide), and have purchased and removed No. 12, Coal
Yard, and the workshops adjoining in Goldsmith's Alley, but owing
to delay in establishing the title to the freehold of the large shed
and premises, occupying a considerable portion of the proposed new
street, the improvement has not yet been completed.
Street Nomenclature.
The following streets have been re-named and re-numbered under
the Powers of the Metropolis Management Act, 18 & 19 Vic. cap. 120:—
Name. Renamed.
Bloomsbcby Market Silver Street
Brownlow Street Betterton Street
Everett Street Mabchmont Street
George Street 1
and Dtott Street
New Street
Princes Street Kemble Street
Wilmott Street Kenton Street
Chdrch Lane Bucknall Street
The following streets have been renumbered:—Ashlin's Place,
Chenies Street, Chenies Mews, Compton Mews, Denmark Street,
Denmark Place, Dudley Street, North and South Keppel Mews,
Newton Street, Woburn Street, Torrington Mews East.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875.
Under this Act Dr. Redwood, of the Pharmaceutical Society of
Great Britain, has, with the approbation of the Local Government
Board, been again appointed the Analyst for the district. There
have been 311 cases of Analysis during the year. Proceedings were
taken in 19 cases, and convictions obtained. The fines and costs
imposed in such cases amounted to £45 3s. 6d. It is to be observed
that the prosecutions, fines, and convictions are more than those of last
year, owing to several cases of gin adulteration having been discovered
and successfully prosecuted, including an appeal in one case to the
Quarter Sessions.
The Report of the Analyst forms a part of this Report, and contains
much useful information on the subject.
Sanitary Acts.
There have been several cases of prosecution under these Acts, and
in all cases Orders have been made by the magistrates for the abatement
of the nuisances complained of. In some instances the Board
have, under their statutory powers, entered on the premises and performed
the necessary works, and recovered the costs of the same from
the owners.
June, 1878.