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London County Council 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: APPENDIX III .—continued.

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APPENDIX III .—continued.

District in which Destructor is situated.	If complaints have been received as to nuisance (offensive smell or dust) from inhabitants of houses in the vicinity of the site of the Destructor.	If complaints have been received that dust and smoke from the chimney interfere with any trade or manufacturing process carried on in the neighbourhood of the Destructor.	If complaints have been received at any time, but are not now forthcoming. whether the improvement is attributed to any particular alteration adopted in the method of burning the refuse.	General character of the neighbourhood iu which the Destructor is situated, and especially if there are inhabited houses iu the vicinity.	Remarks.
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Leicester	Yes, a few	No	Yes; mechanical stokers used.	Working class neighbourhood. Inhabited houses close up to it.
Liverpool	No	No	...	...	More cells are being constructed, so that a larger quantity of refuse may be destroyed.
Longton	No	No	...	To the south-west of destructor are several streets of artizans' houses, and to the east, the gasworks.
Manchester	A few complaints hare been made, but not serious ones.	No	Have received no complaints very lately. Perhaps the greater care now taken in conducting operations accounts for absence of complaint at present time.	The destructors are situated in the immediate neighbourhood of dwelling-houses.
Nelson (Lanes.)	Yes; numerous complaints as to smells.	No	...	On one side a number of inhabited houses, on the other a foundry and weaving shed.	It is intended to remove the destructor to the sewage works, where it will be at a considerable distance from inhabited houses.
Newcastle-on-Tyne	On one or two occasions only and long ago when meat in large quantity was destroyed.	No	No	The destructor is placed on highly elevated ground and has numerous dwellings close by.
Nottingham	Yes, in the past	No	Very few complaints are now-received. Improvement attributed to use of improved blast and more careful feeding of the cells.	Inhabited houses (densely populated neighbourhood) and main G.N.R. station within 300 yards.
Oldham	No	No	No complaints at any time	Destructor is situated in a central and populous part of the town; nearest block of houses about 30 yards distant from it.
Preston	Yes, as to smell and light unconsumed articles escaping from chimney of destructor first erected. No, as to new destructor.	No	...	One destructor is situated to the north of the town, having a large public park on one side and good class cottages and middle class houses on the other sides, but a considerable distance away. The second is on low ground, near river, to west of town; also some distance from houses. It has a very lofty chimney.
Rotherham	Complaints of slight smells occasionally.	No	Complaints have not entirely ceased. There is a cremator, but it has not as yet been fully at work.	Nearest house 200 yards distant	The cremator is only worked in the day time, and an attempt is made to utilise fuel obtained from the refuse for burning in it. Complaints of nuisance have not entirely ceased, and the employment of pure breeze in the cremator is contemplated.
Royton (Lanes.)	...	(Destructor in course of erection.)
Salford	No	No	...	There are two destructors, and both are in the immediate vicinity of inhabited houses.
Southampton	No	No	...	A poor, thickly-populated district inhabited by dock labouring classes.
Warrington	Yes, as to smell	No	Yes, improved system of firing. No mechanical alteration.	Rural; the nearest group of houses (within the borough) is 570 yards from destructor.
West Derby	...	(Destructor in course of erection.)
Whitechapel	No complaint of smell or dust, but it is stated that ash falls from the top of the chimney in still weather.	No	...	The neighbourhood consists of inhabited houses.
Winchester	No	No trade or manufacture carried on in the vicinity.	...	The destructor is situated to the south of the city adjoining the Main Sewage Pumping Station. There are only two or three houses in its neighbourhood, but the locality is much frequented in fine weather.
Woolwich	No, except as to partially burnt paper.	No	...	Wharf property—no houses	A screen is about to be constructed in the main flue to prevent the escape of paper.