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present registered thereunder, and that the regulations have
been found to work well, and no case of difficulty has
occurred, and having regard to the fact that under previous
regulations which were based on the model clauses prepared
by the Local Government Board and which were similar in
certain details to the Model Bye-laws now prepared, legal
difficulties arose, the Committee are of opinion that there is
no necessity for the substitution of a new series of Bye-laws
for those at present in force; and recommending that a communication
embodying the whole of the facts connected with
the Bye-laws be forwarded to the Local Government Board
in reply to their letter.
During the year the whole of the Registered Lodging
Houses were regularly visited, with the following result:—
Notices for abatement of breaches of Regulations served 354
Proceedings against Owners before Police Magistrates 5
Fines and Costs recovered, £2 15s.
On the 6th day of February, 1895, Harry St. John, a
builder, was prosecuted for having constructed a drain at the
premises No. 167, High Holborn, in such a manner as to be
a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health, contrary to
the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and
was fined £5 and costs. This was the first prosecution
under Section 42 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
within the District, and it is hoped the result will have a
salutary effect on those entrusted with the work of drainage
of premises, the necessity for the proper execution of which
is of such great importance.
In the course of the year the Local Government Board
addressed a communication to the Board intimating that,
with a view to preventing a visitation of Cholera, they were