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mises were frequently visited, and on no occasion were nuisances
observed. No complaints were received during the
year from residents in the vicinity. This freedom from
complaints is the result of enforcing the removal of the
accumulations by the rag and bone dealer at frequent
intervals. As the premises used for sorting and storing are
now properly constructed brick buildings, the possibility of
nuisances is reduced.
In one instance a large bottle sorting establishment
was closed during the year 1914, in consequence
of the proprietor failing to carry out certain structural
alterations and necessary requirements, in order to put the
premises in a reasonable state of repair.
The piggery, where fat boiling is carried on, was visited
frequently, and on all occasions was found to be managed
satisfactorily. No complaints were received from residents,
either with respect to the pig keeping or the fat boiling.
Cowsheds.—Sixty visits were paid to the cowsheds in
the district, in order to ascertain whether the requirements
of the Council with respect to cleanliness, ventilation, lighting,
drainage, and water supply were duly observed. Generally
speaking, the cows were found in a clean condition, and
the floors and walls of the sheds free from offensive deposits.
It is, however, necessary continually to urge cowkeepers to
exercise greater cleanliness in respect of the cows. This
is so more especially with new comers from districts where
the standard of cleanliness is not so high as in Willesden.
At the end of September one of the cowkeepers discontinued
the keeping of milch cows, on account of the unsuitability
of his premises, and in accordance with an undertaking
given by him to the Council at the end of the year
1913.