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was being run off; that then the barges should be
filled with the deposit, and afterwards floated and
moved out of the parish as soon as the water was
again let into the basin.
In 1871 the basin was emptied, but none of the
mud was taken away. In 1872 the water was run
off, and part of the deposit removed. The measurements
made by Inspector Clifford in the month of
May of that year, and reported by Dr. Hardwicke,
showed a deposit of mud varying in depth from two
inches to five feet. Notices were served by the
Sanitary Department upon the wharfingers and
the Canal Company to cleanse the Basin. The
wharfingers did their part; not so the Company.
A summons was therefore taken out in the Marylebone
Police Court, but proceedings were subsequently
suspended, as the Company agreed to do
all that was in the meantime necessary, and to
prevent the recurrence of any nuisance. Dr.
Hardwicke reported that the appointment of a
water-bailiff by the Company had proved a complete
failure, inasmuch as that officer had never attempted
to enforce the bye-laws of the Local Act, and recommended
that a special officer for that purpose should
be employed by the Vestry. In April, 1873, the
water was run off, but much of the mud was left
untouched. A notice was therefore served upon
the Company, under the Nuisance Removal Act.
This proving ineffectual, a summons was taken out.