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under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, and the Factory and Workshops Act, 1878 to 1891.
Inspections and Oedees.
Inspectors Bond and Robinson made 10,287 visits and
inspections and served 1,188 notices for the abatement of
various kinds of nuisances, and the sanitary amendment of
houses and premises:
Legal Peoceedings.
A large number of nuisances were removed on an
intimation only; others required statutory notices to be
served before the necessary work was done; and legal
proceedings had to be resorted to in 42 cases to enforce the
orders of your Sanitary Committee. In every case brought
before the Magistrate, convictions with costs, were obtained.
Before legal proceedings are taken I inspect the nuisance
in question and report to your Clerk as to the necessity of
a summons being applied for.
Overcrowding.
The Sanitary Inspectors found 18 rooms overcrowded
and served notices on the owners to reduce the number of
inmates. It is not easy to detect overcrowding, as during
the day many of the occupants are away from home and do
not return until midnight. If the rooms were inspected
after 12 at night, it is very probable that overcrowding
would frequently be discovered, but Inspectors' visits at
night time to tenement houses might probably lead to
friction and trouble.
One of the causes of overcrowding in poor districts is
the front door being always open at every man's command.