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submitted report with reference to the alleged offensive smells
proceeding from the Vestry's Dust Destructor, Sheepcote Lane,
that although the same had been kept under frequent observation,
no nuisance had been discovered to arise therefrom, and further
that no complaints had ever been received with reference to the
shaft, that he had found, upon visiting the Destructor, that the
refuse was being burnt as soon as received, and that no nuisance
arising from the deposits could be discovered to exist.
Also relative to the sorting and sifting of house refuse at
Mill Pond Bridge Wharf, Nine Elms Lane, that it was found
upon inspection that a large number of men and women
were engaged in the same, from which some effluvia was given
off, that he had found upon personally visiting the premises
subsequently, that some ten women and six men were
engaged sorting and sifting the refuse, in addition to which four
men were employed in filling the barges, that there was about
one barge load of soft core which was very offensive, and a
similar quantity of hard core, not so offensive, upon the wharf.
The manager was cautioned, and notice was served upon the
proprietors to forthwith discontinue the sorting and sifting, and
to remove the whole of the refuse deposited upon the wharf at
least once in every twenty-four hours, and on the 12th inst. it
was found the refuse was being rapidly removed, and within three
days the whole of the soft core had been removed, and nearly the
whole of the hard core, and the sorting and sifting discontinued,
the refuse being deposited in the barges as received.
The nuisance appeared to be caused owing to the Bank
Holiday, and that the work-people did not resume their work on
the following day as expected, and that the barges could not be
obtained as had been arranged.
July 6th.—At this meeting the Chief Sanitary Inspector
reported with reference to several complaints that had been