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the Public Lavatory in New Oxford Street, the Board
appealed to the Commissioners against the assessment, and
urged that it should be withdrawn.
After hearing the appeal the Commissioners declined to
give effect to the Board's request. The question of what
steps should be taken in the matter, with a view of
obtaining a legal decision on the question, is under
consideration at the present time.
Sanitary Work.
The monthly synopsis of Sanitary Work, which is forwarded
to every member affords a useful record of the
steps taken for preserving the public health in the District.
Calculated on the information published month by month
the following statistics are obtained :—
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Visits and Inspections made 10,940
Notices for Abatement of Nuisances served 896
Proceedings before Police Magistrates 89
Under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890,
the premises, No. 21, High Street, which were closed in the
year, having been made fit for human habitation were
reopened
In a number of instances it was found necessary to take
proceedings before police magistrates for the abatement of
smoke nuisances, in every instance convictions were obtained,
but when application was made for the enforcement of
penalties for breaches of the orders to abate, the Magistrates
held that the evidence adduced by defendants