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Street and other parts of the Parish at the rear of which wooden
structures existed, and were used for the purpose of keeping
ponies, donkeys, &c.; that these structures had doubtless been
erected from time to time without the sanction of the Authority
and being used as stables, to comply with the Bye-laws of the
Vestry, should be properly paved and drained. As, however, in
several cases it would be difficult to provide proper paving and
drainage, he suggested to the Committee that where this was
impossible, the owners should be permitted to use peat litter or
sawdust, subject to the refuse accummulating being properly
removed.
20th September.—At this meeting the Committee also considered
a complaint which had been made relative to alleged
nuisance arising from the manufacture of water gas at the Nine
Elms Gas Works, and also in connection therewith a report of
the Chief Sanitary Inspector upon the matter; that the premises
had been the subject of previous reports upon the matter, and
had been kept for months past under constant observation. The
complainant referred to stench, smoke and noise. Enquiries had
been made in the neighbourhood of the Works, which did not
bear out the complaints so far as stench and smoke were concerned,
neither did the observations which had been kept upon
the premises by the Vestry's own officers, and that since his
report of the 1st February he had again visited the premises and
found the greatest precautions being taken, he was of opinion
there was no cause for complaint. He reported, however, that
the premises would be still kept under observation, and that as
soon as nuisance was observed, the matter would be reported to
the Committee. The question of noise was one outside the
Committee's jurisdiction under the Public Health (London) Act.
He also submitted report to the effect that the Inspector for
No. 2 District had seized a quantity of apples exposed for sale at
a shop in Culvert Road, and that the Magistrate at the South
Western Police Court had condemned the same, and ordered
their destruction.