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pigs here. The place has been visited continuously at all hours, but
on only one occasion has any breach of the Council's Bye-laws been
found. The complainant was several times informed that there was
no nuisance that this Authority could deal with, but that his remedy
was at common law.
In October, Mr. Sullings, the occupier, sought to obtain in the
Court of Chancery an injunction to restrain Mr. Robert Abrahams
of Wellington House from committing a trespass by building sheds
and fixing timbers to his wall. Mr. Abrahams and his wife counterclaimed
for an injunction to restrain Sullings from continuing to
cause a nuisance alleged to arise from the keeping of pigs.
In both cases damages were claimed. The Chancery Judge
granted the injunctions asked for in each case, but suspended the
one respecting pigs for three months to enable Sullings to dispose
of them, and stated that the nuisance was not one that could have
been dealt with by the Local Authority under the Public Health
Acts or Bye-laws.
Ashen Grove Farm, Durnsford Road.—In the course of the
work of covering the portion of the ditch near Durnsford Road,
which forms the boundary between Wimbledon and Wandsworth, a
quantity of sewage matter was noticed going down the culvert.
Examination was made, and eventually the sewage matter was
traced to proceed from several cesspools on this farm which received
the drainage from piggeries, cowsheds and farm buildings.
Notices were served on the occupier under the Rivers Pollution
Prevention Act 1876. The ditch was cleaned out throughout
its entire length and the overflow from the cesspools into it abolished.
The condition of the drainage system was such that a permanent
abatement of the nuisance could only be obtained by its entire reconstruction
and connection with the sewer which is more than a
hundred feet away, but as the farm land was being rapidly developed
for building purposes the Council accepted the undertaking from the
occupier to abolish the piggeries, cowsheds, etc., within six months,
subject to such steps being taken for the temporary abatement as the
Sanitary Inspector might require.
During the year several gardens and vacant plots of land in
South Wimbledon, which were undoubtedly serious nuisances and
unhealthy for the inhabitants of the neighbourhood in consequence