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cows as a dairyman, without a license had from the Justices for
such purpose, under a penalty, for each offence, of £5; and the
District Board is further empowered to oppose the granting of
such license, if they shall see fit. The duty of inspecting each
cow-house, and of directing the works necessary to be done for
rendering the cow-houses fit for keeping cows, falls on the
Medical Officer of Health, and of seeing the works carried out,
on the Inspector of Nuisances; both of which in so extensive a
district as that of Hackney, entails very considerable expenditure
of time and labour. By the 67th Clause, it is provided
that when any house is without a proper water supply, and such
supply can be furnished for threepence per week, the Board may
give notice to the owner of the premises to procure such supply
and to do such other works as may be necessary Tor that purpose.
Or, the Board may, when the supply is insufficient, through a
large number of residents, (being of more than one family),
require the owner to provide a further supply at the rate of
thirty gallons per day for each person, and if he neglect to comply
with the notice, the Justices may order a penalty of forty
shillings.
I have also to report, that in company with Mr. Valentine, I
have inspected the following localities, and that in almost everyone
of them we found nuisances requiring abatement. In many
of the streets or places almost every house required repair, in
consequence of their extremely dilapidated state, in other
places, new or improved drainage was required for the houses.
Morpeth-road, South Hackney; Albert-grove, South Hackney;
King's-terrace, Homerton; High-street, Homerton; Lordshiproad,
Stoke Newington; Princess-road, Homerton; Victoriacottage,
Hertford-road, De Beauvoir-town; Buccleugh-terrace,
Upper Clapton; Commercial-place, Kingsland-road; Clarencevillas,
Clarence-road; Green-lanes, Stoke Newington; Churchstreet,
Stoke Newington ; Sandford-lane, Newington-common;