The Mansion House Council on the dwellings of the people. Report for the year ending December 31st, 1885, presented at the Second Annual Meeting, held at the Mansion House, Friday, March 26th, 1886. The Right Hon. Lord Mayor in the chair.

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1886
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Credit: The Mansion House Council on the dwellings of the people. Report for the year ending December 31st, 1885, presented at the Second Annual Meeting, held at the Mansion House, Friday, March 26th, 1886. The Right Hon. Lord Mayor in the chair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mr. Thomas, barrister, appeared on behalf of the Mansion House Council. Mr. Jutsum (vestry clerk) appeared on behalf of the vestry. In support of the contention of the Mansion House Council, the following gentlemen were examined :— Dr. Louis Parkes, medical officer of the Council ; Captain Gretton, local secretary to the Council ; Mr. James Hildreth, assistant sanitary inspector to the Council ; Mr. A. A. Goodwyer, sanitary inspector to Jewish Board of Guardians. And in support of the contention of the vestry :— Dr. Matthew Corner, the medical officer of health ] Mr. Knight, surveyor ; Mr. Leshaw, sanitary inspector. The contention of the Mansion House Council was that the sanitary defects found to exist in the houses must be considered a nuisance injurious to health, and that the remedy was within the power of the vestry. 1st. In enforcing the laying on of water to the several closets under Section 8i of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855, which provides, after the commencement of this Act it shall not be lawful newly to erect any house, or to rebuild any house pulled down to the extent aforesaid, within any parish mentioned in Schedule (A) to this Act, or any district mentioned in Schedule (B) to this Act, without a sufficient water-closet or privy and ash-pit furnished with proper doors and coverings, and also furnished as regards the water-closet with suitable water-supply and water-supply apparatus, and with suitable trapped soil-pan and other suitable works and arrangements, so far as may be necessary to insure the efficient operation thereof; and whosoever shall offend against this enactment shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20; and if at any time it appear to the vestry or district board of such parish or district that any house in any such parish or district, whether built before or after the commencement of this Act, is without a sufficient water-closet or privy and ash-pit furnished with proper doors and coverings, and with other apparatus and works as aforesaid, the vestry or district board shall, in case the same can be provided without disturbing any building, give notice in writing to the owner or occupier of such house, requiring him forthwith, or within such reasonable time as shall be specified in such notice, to provide a sufficient water-closet or privy and ash-pit so furnished as aforesaid, or either of them, as the case may require. 2nd. In enforcing the provision of dust-bins with proper doors and covers, under the above section, or the provision of galvanised iron pails as receptacles for dust.