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were taken out did not apply, and dismissed the case with
£'1.2.0 costs and 12/6 court fees.
The following is the definition of a dwelling house under
"The Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890."
Sec. 29, Sub. Sec. 2. "The expression 'dwelling house'
means any inhabited building, and includes any yard, garden,
out-houses and appurtenances belonging thereto, or usually
enjoyed therewith, and includes the site of the dwelling house
so defined."
The defendant was summoned in the previous summer for
polluting a stream in Plough Lane, but the summons was
withdrawn on the defendant undertaking to do what was
necessary to prevent a continuance of the pollution.
This undertaking meant that the whole of the effluent
from the Sand-washing works would have to be treated on a
small field, and this has been done with the result that a
serious nuisance exists, and one that may prove injurious to
the health of persons in the neighbourhood. Before this
happens an injunction should be applied for in the High
Courts (as in a similar case) as Police Court proceedings seem
to be of little avail.
Factory and
Workshops
Act.
Several of the Workshops have been examined, some on
complaint from Her Majesty's Inspector of Factories. At four
Laundries there was no provision for carrying off the steam.
Notices served on the owners to provide means of carrying off
the steam were complied with.
At three Workshops new w.c. accommodation was provided
under notice from the Inspector, and at another
Workshop water was laid on from the Company's main.
Overcrowding
Nine bad cases of overcrowding were abated without the
aid of legal proceedings, but the nuisances were only abated