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On two occasions it was found necessary to
take proceedings under the 73rd Section of the
Metropolis Local Management Act, relating to the
construction of new House Drains, viz.:—On the
24th of June, in respect of the Houses Nos. 126 and
127 Edgware Road; on the 18th of December as to
the House No. 15 Porteus Road. In each of these
cases the order of the Sanitary Committee having
been unduly disregarded, the matter was referred
to the Vestry. On its appearing that the Premises
in question were severally not "drained
with a sufficient Drain" as provided by the Act,
it was in each case resolved that a notice should
be served on the owner, specifying in detail the
works required, and informing him that in case
of his failing to comply within twenty-eight days,
the Vestry would cause these works to be executed
at his expense. This notice having in neither case
been attended to within the time specified, the
Vestry caused the Drains to be constructed under
the superintendence of their Surveyor, and subsequently
recovered their expenses from the respective
Owners.
Proceedings have been taken by the direction
of the Sanitary Committee at the Metropolitan
Police Courts in the following instances:—On the
15th of May 1862, a man in the employment of a
Cow-keeper in Brook Mews was convicted under
the 70th Section of the Paddington Local Act, and
fined five shillings for laying manure on the