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THE NUISANCES REMOVAL ACT, 1855.
It is under this Act that the greater part of the work has been
carried out during the year; our ordinary practice has been to
serve the Vestry's orders on the premises, and when the work
has not been done on reinspection to write to the owners, and
30 give a little more time than the twenty-eight days. In
extreme cases, when the nuisance was so bad as to be immediately
dangerous to the health of the occupants of the premises,
it was deemed advisable, where no part of the order of the
Vestry had been executed, to at once take proceedings. The
table below will explain itself in each case. In all cases where
proceedings were taken I personally "inspected the premises and
I attended the Police Court with your Clerk and Inspector.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT.
From the Table appended it will be seen that Part II. of the
Act has been put into force from time to time during the year;
so far as our limited experience of this portion of the Act went
—referring to houses that are unfit for human habitation—we
found great benefit, because in many cases we did, without
much delay, either compel the owners to make the premises
habitable, or compel them to close them up : some of the
premises that were reported on were not fit for animals to
live in, let alone human beings; I am glad to say this class of
property is fast dying out in our district. It will be remembered
that the Act came into operation about the middle of
1891, and the Vestry appointed the Sanitary Committee under
the Act to take all proceedings on their behalf, with the exception
of those requiring the Seal of the Vestry, so that up to the
present time the Vestry have not been made acquainted with
what proceedings have been taken under it. I take this opportunity
of laying the Table appended before you, which speaks for
itself; in all cases notices have to be first served on1 the owners,
and a copy sent to the London County Council, and when
Police Court proceedings were taken your Clerk and myself
attended, with the result as follows :—