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by the Vestry, to the number in all of 105 in the
course of the following twelve months. Of these
Orders many were complied with before the expiration
of the periods limited. In all the rest,
proceedings were taken at the Police Court, and
penalties amounting to £39:13:0 were inflicted,
some of which, however, were subsequently
mitigated with the consent of the Sanitary Committee,
on the eventual compliance of the owners
of property with their requirements. In every case
the necessary works have sooner or later been
carried out. For this comparatively favourable
result the Vestry are lafgely indebted to the
impartial attention which has been accorded to the
sanitary business of this Parish by Mr. Mansfield,
before whom all the cases have been heard. Much
credit is also due to the zeal and ability with which
the proceedings have been conducted by the
Inspector of Nuisances.
In my last Report I gave an account of the steps
taken in the beginning of 1866 against the owner
of the houses Nos. 36—48 North Wharf Road, who
had so repeatedly disregarded the Orders of the
Vestry. By direction of the Sanitary Committee
I took part in a conference held between the Vestry
Solicitor and that gentleman on the 1st of May,
1866, at which he promised, in accordance with my
recommendation—(1) To construct at his own
expense in rear of the houses, in the course of the
insufficient drain then existing, a pipe-drain of
suitable size and inclination, with branches