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SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS.
Summonses have been taken out for the following offences:—
Adulteration 11
Unsanitary condition of premises 9
Letting or occupying cellar dwellings 2
Obstructions 3
Erecting hoard without license 3
Non-payment of cost of re-instating pavement, &c. 3
Total 31
In all these cases with two exceptions (one, a summons for selling
milk admixed with water, and the other for recovery of a paving
account), the necessary works were carried out, fines inflicted, or the
claim satisfied. As regards the summons for the paving account, the
vestry were not in possession of direct evidence connecting the
defendant with the disturbance of the pavement, the cost of
reinstating which it was sought to recover, and the summons was
dismissed. The magistrate, however, refused to allow costs to the
defendant, and offered to grant a fresh summons if further evidence
were forthcoming. The result of summonses under the Sale of
Food and Drugs Acts is mentioned on page 70.
DISORDERLY HOUSES.
Several complaints were received of houses alleged to be used for
immoral purposes, and enquiries were instituted with a view to
proceedings in all cases where the complaint was substantiated by
two householders. In three instances the houses were cleared of
the objectionable characters by the owners upon the representations
of the Vestry, and in three other cases, formal notices of prosecution
were served on the occupiers. Legal proceedings were, however,
rendered unnecessary in the last mentioned cases by the occupiers
vacating the premises within a few days after service of the
notices.