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In three instances the orders of the Committee
for the construction of new Drains were for a time
disregarded. In one of these cases, the neglect
gave rise to serious consequences; the existing
Drain which was defective and inefficient, became
completely obstructed, and several of the adjoining
premises were in consequence flooded with sewage.
As the health of the inhabitants of these houses
appeared to be seriously endangered, the Surveyor
was authorized to take such immediate measures as
were urgently required, at the expense of the
Vestry, and the matter was placed in the hands
of the Vestry Solicitor, with instructions to take
proceedings under the 73rd Section of the Metropolis
Local Management Act. In the second case
proceedings of a similar nature were also commenced,
but the owner eventually complied with
the requirements of the Vestry. In the third
instance, the period allowed by the Act for the
completion of the works having expired, the Vestry
judged it expedient to proceed to the final alternative
of carrying out their Order themselves at
the owner's expense.
The officers of the Vestry have been instructed
on three occasions during the year, to make complaint
at the Police Court, Marylebone, of nuisances
injurious to health. In the beginning of May, the
Occupiers of several Cowhouses in Jonson's Mews