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Rotherhithe 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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or part of such yard or open space shall be paved, forthwith cause the same to be properly
paved with a hard, durable, and impervious pavement, evenly and closely laid upon a sufficient
bed of good concrete, and so sloped to a properly constructed channel as effectually to carry off
all rain or waste water therefrom; and he shall cause such pavement to be kept in proper
repair.
Penalties.
11. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing byelaws shall be liable for
every such offence to a penalty of five pounds, and in the case of a continuing offence to a
further penalty of forty shillings for each day after written notice of the offence from the
Sanitary Authority.
Provided, nevertheless, that the justices or court before whom any complaint may be made
or any proceedings may be taken in respect of any such offence may, if they think fit, adjudge
the payment as a penalty of any sum less than the full amount of the penalty imposed by this
byelaw.
The Common Seal of the Vestry of the Parish of Rotherhithe, in the County of London,
was affixed hereto at a General Meeeting, held this twentieth day of June, 1893.
By order,
Signed JAMES J. STOKES,
Clerk.
The Seal
of the Vestry
A of the Parish of
Rotherhithe.
Allowed by the Local Government Board this seventeenth day of August, 1893.
The Seal
of the
Local Government
Board.
Signed HUGH OWEN,
Secretary.
Signed HENRY H. FOWLER,
President.