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London County Council applied for and the Vestry
granted permission to the Council to place a fere escape
and watch-box in Bethnal Green Road, at the corner of
Pollard Row, and also in St. Peter Street, at the corner
of Hackney Road.
Canrobert
Passage
Numerous complaints having been made as to the
passage leading under one of the houses in Canrobert
Street into some mows off Claremont Street, it was
visited both by the Sanitary and Works Committee on
several occasions, and the Vestry ultimately came to the
conclusion that it was desirable that it should be closed.
Proceedings were taken under Michæl Angelo Taylor's
Act, with a view of obtaining a Magistrate's order to
close it; and the Magistrates, after inspecting it, made
the order. Brick walls were then built across each
entrance by the Vestry's workmen, but were partially
demolished a few days after by some of the public.
The passage was then filled up (so that if the walls were
pulled down it could not be used), and the walls rebuilt,
and they have not been again interfered with.
Shooting
Rubbish
It has been found necessary to take proceedings in a
number of cases against tradesmen and others for
throwing vegetable and other refuse upon the highways,
and in every case a conviction has been obtained. In
those cases where the defendant had not before been
summoned small penalties have been imposed, but for
second or subsequent offences the Magistrates have
inflicted substantial penalties. In one case a man
was in the habit of bringing a quantity of refuse
at midnight on Saturdays, and shooting it in the road,
and when detected gave a false address, he was