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On 27th May, H. Moore was summoned for failing to comply with a
Magistrate's order to remedy the defective flooring, &c., at 19, Wilson Street.
The case had been adjourned from the 20th May.
He was fined £2, with £1 2s. costs.
On 2nd June, E. Sykes was summoned for failing to remedy the defective
roof and to cleanse the walls and ceilings at 5, Claremont Place.
An order was made to do the work within 7 days, with £2 8s. costs.
On 6th June, G. Brenner was summoned for failing to remedy the
defective roof and damp walls at 72, Cannon Street Road.
An order was made to abate the nuisance within 14 days, with £2 8s. costs.
On 26th June R. B. Brutton was summoned for failing to comply with
a Magistrate's order to remedy the defective roof and flooring at 123, St.
George Street.
He was ordered to pay £2 2s. costs.
On 30th June, The Limehouse Paper Board Mills, Ltd., of Narrow Street,
were summoned for causing black smoke to issue from their chimney for a
period of 10 minutes on the 24th June. The Magistrate adjourned the case
until the 7th July, as the firm was not represented by a Solicitor,
At the adjourned hearing on the 7th Jul)', the Solicitor for the firm
pleaded guilty, and stated that two new smoke consuming furnaces had been
ordered, and that they would be fitted during Bank Holiday week. No
evidence was taken, although the Inspectors of the London County Council as
well as the Sanitary Inspector for the district were present. The Solicitor for
the Borough Council called the Magistrate's attention to the fact that numerous
complaints had been received with regard to the chimney shaft in question,
and asked him to make an order abating the nuisance as well as a Prohibition
Order. The Magistrate adjourned the summons sine die and said he would
not make the Order asked for, as this would cause a large number of men to
be thrown out of employment, and he was reluctant to take this course, and
intimated that if the furnaces were not satisfactory, or the nuisance recurred,
the case could be reinstated in the list after the 7th August. If everything was
satisfactory, including the payment of costs, no further action would be taken.
On 25th August, the adjourned summons was heard when the firm's
Solicitor pleaded guilty and stated that the firm had spent £230 in putting in
new smoke abatement and fuel saving furnaces, which had proved an absolute
failure. They had taken them out and were then using steam jets and double
screened coal, and if that did not answer, they proposed raising the shaft
another 30 feet. The Magistrate made an order to abate the nuisance in
28 days, and a Prohibition Order, with £3 3s. costs. The Council's Solicitor
asked for a penalty. The Magistrate refused as he thought the firm was
doing its best to abate the nuisance.